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Obese humans and torpid animals inefficiently break down BCAA, leading to insulin resistance. One of the reasons for this is a lack of sufficient alpha-ketoglutarate, which is used in the transamination step by the enzyme BCAT2. Restoring alpha-ketoglutarate in rats returns BCAA levels to the control levels. Alpha-ketoglutarate is currently available from https://fireinabottle.net/shop