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PLANT-BASED · SCIENCE · 5 MIN READ
The Amino Gap: Why You Can Hit Your Protein Number and Still Miss the Point
2g of leucine. 9 essential amino acids. Under 20 calories, no bloat. Designed for the appetite-suppressed body Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro create.
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Three years plant-based, and his spreadsheet was immaculate. A hundred and thirty grams of protein a day, logged and colour-coded. So why had his lifts been flat since winter, while his training partner — eating half as carefully — kept progressing? The answer wasn't in the totals column. It was in a number almost nobody tracks.
The science, in plain terms
Muscle repair works like a switch, not a dial. It flips on when enough essential amino acids — leucine especially — arrive in the blood at the same time. The International Society of Sports Nutrition put figures to this in 2023: roughly 1.5–3g of free-form essential aminos in one moment, which can stimulate repair as effectively as 30g of whey. Animal proteins are dense in these aminos, so people eating them trip the switch by accident. Plant proteins carry the very same aminos — just spread thinner. The daily total arrives, but rarely as one strong moment. Every meal whispers; nothing shouts. That's the amino gap, and no amount of extra logging closes it.
What the gap looks like on a plate
To shout with lentils alone, you'd need close to a kilo of them in a sitting. With tofu, several blocks. Perfectly good food — impossible arithmetic. Or: one 20-calorie glass of free-form essential aminos, fermented from plant substrate, vegan from tank to tub, that skips digestion entirely and reaches the blood in about fifteen minutes.
The fix, and how simple it actually is
One dose after training. That's the entire protocol. The spreadsheet can finally relax, because the trigger moment is handled deliberately instead of hoped for — and your meals go back to being food instead of arithmetic. It doesn't replace your protein; it's the tool that makes your protein count.
People Who Fixed The Signal.
Verified buyers, in their own words.
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I love that I can add my aminos to water and automatically get more water in.
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Two weeks later, and the results are excellent! More energy to train, less muscle fatigue.
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Start with Bare Aminos, add what your training needs — Hydrating for the long hot days, Creatine for strength. Add any three and the cheapest is free, automatically.
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Bare Aminos · any flavour
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the honest answers.
Does buy-2-get-1-free work on everything?
Yes — the whole Bare range counts: Bare Aminos (tubs or sachets), Hydrating Aminos, Creatine, Carb Fuel, Electrolytes, even the Bare Bottle. Add any three and the cheapest is automatically free at checkout. No codes.
What if it doesn't work for me?
60-day money-back guarantee, opened tubs included. Use it properly, and if you don't feel the difference in your recovery, we refund it.
Which product should I start with?
Bare Aminos is the core — the nine essential aminos every recovery runs on. Add Hydrating Aminos if your sessions are long or hot, Creatine for strength, Carb Fuel for efforts past an hour.
When does it ship?
From Durban in 2–4 working days, anywhere in South Africa. Free delivery over R1250, tracked on everything else. All prices in ZAR.
Bare Aminos
Close The Gap
You started a GLP-1 to change your body. Without active muscle protection, up to 39% of what you lose is lean mass. Bare Aminos was built for this exact moment.
- All 9 essential amino acids in optimised ratios
- 20 calories & zero sugar
- Available in tubs or travel sachets
