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Essential Amino Acids: study protocols

17 study groups say how much Essential Amino Acids participants took a day. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Essential Amino Acids: what the research found →

Dose per serving from products

55 products in our catalogue print how much Essential Amino Acids a serving holds.

Most common: 5 g to 10 g, 31% of 55 products.

Dose per servingProducts
250 mg or less
2
250 mg to 500 mg
6
500 mg to 1 g
5
1 g to 2.5 g
8
2.5 g to 5 g
14
5 g to 10 g
17
10 g to 25 g
3

Dose per serving from research

14 study groups in 13 studies say how much Essential Amino Acids participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 5 g to 10 g, 50% of 14 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 g or less
1
5 g to 10 g
7
10 g to 25 g
2
25 g to 50 g
4

Commonly used together

5 of 17 study groups took Essential Amino Acids with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Whey Protein
3

17 study groups

Study
2020 Chitranjan S. Ranawat Award: Perioperative essential amino acid supplementation suppresses rectus femoris muscle atrophy and accelerates early functional recovery following total knee arthroplasty
2020 · essential amino acid supplementation group · Patients who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty for primary knee osteoarthritis; age and sex not reported
9 g3 weeks30
Perioperative Essential Amino Acid Supplementation Facilitates Quadriceps Muscle Strength and Volume Recovery After TKA: A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
2023 · EAA group · Patients undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty for primary knee osteoarthritis; age and sex not specified
9 g3 weeks26
Essential amino acid supplementation in patients following total knee arthroplasty
2013 · EAA group · Older adults undergoing total knee arthroplasty
40 g3 weeks16
Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 activation is required for the stimulation of human skeletal muscle protein synthesis by essential amino acids
2011 · Control trial (EAA ingestion) · 8 young adults, mean age 25 ± 2 years; sex and health condition not specified
10 g1 day8
Nutritional supplements with oral amino acid mixtures increases whole-body lean mass and insulin sensitivity in elderly subjects with sarcopenia
2008 · AA treatment · Elderly subjects aged 66–84 years with sarcopenia and normal body weight (BMI 19–23)
16 g548 days—
Whey protein and essential amino acids promote the reduction of adipose tissue and increased muscle protein synthesis during caloric restriction-induced weight loss in elderly, obese individuals
2012 · 7% weight loss with EAAMR · Obese men and women aged 65–80 years without the excluded chronic conditions
30 g8 weeks—
Glycomacropeptide for nutritional management of phenylketonuria: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial
2016 · AA-MF treatment · Females and males aged 15–49 with early-treated classical or variant phenylketonuria, including adolescents aged 15–17
850 mg/kg3 weeks30
Comparison of the effects of amino acid mixture and placebo on plasma tryptophan to large neutral amino acid ratio
1995 · tryptophan-free amino acid mixture · Six healthy, medication-free female volunteers
31.5 g1 day6
Nitrogen Balance after the Administration of a Prolonged-Release Protein Substitute for Phenylketonuria as a Single Dose in Healthy Volunteers
2021 · Reference product · Healthy volunteers aged 18–45 years, 15 male and 15 female, weighing 55–85 kg, with BMI ≤30 kg/m²
400 mg/kg1 day30
Nitrogen Balance after the Administration of a Prolonged-Release Protein Substitute for Phenylketonuria as a Single Dose in Healthy Volunteers
2021 · Test product · Healthy volunteers aged 18–45 years, 15 male and 15 female, weighing 55–85 kg, with BMI ≤30 kg/m²
400 mg/kg1 day28