Interesting - I'm sure you're referring to this statement in the article:
FWIW, it wasn't amino acids per se which cut my PEM in half (from 2 days to 1), but branched chain amino acids. I still take them, afraid to stop!
Although I think the mechanism by which BCAAs help with PEM is different than cited above. Here are the articles which got me started on BCAAs:
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/136/2/544S.full
http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=41341
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11310928
http://www.ncf-net.org/forum/Fword.htm
Anyways, I'm really glad to see this study!
And I really like your how you said this
@GreyOwl - there is no sane explanation for how we have been ignored, sidelined, marginalized ad infinitum: