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Results of taking Master Amino acid Pattern® as a sole and total substitute of dietary proteins in an athlete during a desert crossing

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Study results show that a 51-year-old female athlete, while taking the Master Amino acid Pattern (MAP®) as a sole and total substitute for dietary protein, and performing physical activity, experienced (1) increased body muscle mass, strength, and endurance; (2) decreased body fat mass; (3) greater increase in performance of the nonprevailing muscles compared to the prevailing muscles; (4) improved cardiorespiratory performance; and (5) increased red blood cells, hemoglobin, and hematocrit parameters. It was concluded, confirming previous findings, that use of MAP as a sole and total substitute for dietary protein, in conjunction with physical activity, provides safer, unprecedented optimization of the body’s protein synthesis, thereby improving anthropometric characteristics and physical and physiologic performance.

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  1. American Nutrition Clinics, 7900 Los Pinos Circle, 33143, Coral Gables, FL

    M. Lucà-Moretti ScD, MD (hc) (Prof.), A. Grandi ScD (hc) & E. Lucà

  2. Sports Medicine Institute, Milan, Italy

    E. Mariani MD, G. Vender MD, E. Arrigotti, M. Ferrario MD & E. Rovelli MD

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Lucà-Moretti, M., Grandi, A., Lucà, E. et al. Results of taking Master Amino acid Pattern® as a sole and total substitute of dietary proteins in an athlete during a desert crossing. Adv Therapy 20, 203–210 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02850091

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