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Men's Health

New study shows how leucine boosts energy, muscle growth and metabolism

Leucine is an essential amino acid. The body can’t make it itself, but it can be found in protein-rich foods like meat, dairy, beans and lentils. While there are many health benefits associated with leucine, a branched-chain amino acidare already known to help – like building and repairing muscles – a new discovery has revealed

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Cars

Why this rare engine wasn’t the formidable muscle car V8 Pontiac hoped for

Chris Mercer/Shutterstock In the late 1960s, Pontiac had some serious V8 engines that ate large amounts of air, what the brand called “ram air” induction. Later Ram Air V8s used a round exhaust port design, allowing more airflow than the standard D-shaped port. However, Pontiac ran into

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