Trying to get some clarity, I understand a gram of protein contains 4 calories but does a single amino acid yield any calories?

Yes, to varying degrees but they can all be converted to glucose/fat.

Thank you but how many calories does an AA yield?

Around 4, it varies based on the animo being talked but usually around 4. I know there is a paper with the exact number but I am having trouble finding it atm. I think @Mike knows the one

This is a hot topic lately and will get even hotter with NutraBio’s True Facts labels coming and Twinlab’s REAAL project. Yeah for ease, I’d put the free forum BCAAs at six calories per gram if you’re being a nut or are drinking so many of them that it would start to affect your calorie count

What about individual AA’s like say glutamine?

3rd page on this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20915822_Energy_content_of_diets_of_variable_amino_acid_composition 4.2 for glutamine

Absolutely! This is why a lot of people who were dieting and drinking BCAA’s all day were wondering why their fat loss stopped. It was because of all the extra calories the BCAA’s were providing. It’s not much but plenty to put you over your macros for the day.

Yeah, the whole idea of sipping on BCAAs while fasting is completely counterintuitive. I’m down for using BCAA/EAA during your fasted workout if you’re at the end of the fast and are totally fine with breaking your fast, but you gotta realize that they will indeed break your fast the moment you sta…

The idea of digesting anything while fasting is counter-intuitive IMO. But Depends a lot on WHY you’re fasting as well. I fast for 24 hours once every other or every 3 weeks and drink nothing but water

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Are Amino Acids calories

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Christianmelon March 7, 2018, 11:08pm 5

Found it

Why EAAs are the New BCAAs: Essential Amino Acids Stage a Coup Supplements

UPDATE: I have edited this post because it contained factual inaccuracies. Earlier, I was showing Table 1, which was the protein-bound value of BCAAs. We’re looking for the free form calorie total, which is table 2, now shown. See edit history to see differences. Thanks to Alan Aragon for the correction. Actually this is one thing I was pondering adding to the post, but it really didn’t belong in the context. But check this out: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20915822_Energy_conten…

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