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Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Amino Acids

It’s Time to Get Acquainted with Your Body’s 20 Little Best FriendsMost people are familiar with the word “protein.” It is essential for every heal...

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Meet Threonine, an Essential Amino Acid and Must-Have Protein

How much you know about amino acids is likely related to how well you could stay awake during high school biology classes. So we won’t hold it agai...

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Build Protein, Keep Muscle Mass: The Story of Isoleucine

What do you know about what’s in your protein?Protein is one of the most important macronutrients, especially for people who want to burn fat and b...

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How to Normalize Your pH with Histidine

Histidine: Protector of Skin, Remover of Mercury, Amino Acid.That's quite a title.Undoubtedly, you’re familiar with the collagen trend. From protei...

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You’ve Never Heard of Methionine, But You Need It

From Muscle Recovery to Healthy Cells, Methionine is Here to Help. Your body is a skyscraper.Just as a skyscraper is made of up floors, held togeth...

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Offal Ain’t Awful: What is Offal and Why You Should Eat More of It

Nutrition writer, podcast host, and self-proclaimed health nerd Ashleigh VanHouten believes that food (and life) is all about perspective: having a...

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Meet Leucine, Your Muscles’ New Best Friend

Your Muscles Have a New Love InterestYour muscles live a simple life. They’ve been with you a long time, and they exist to make you feel good and w...

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Get to Know Lysine, a Core Amino Acid

Meet Lysine, an Essential Amino Acid for Stress, Cold Sores and Physical HealingFrom just 20 amino acids, our bodies make all the proteins we need ...

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Valine: Why You Need It & Where to Get It

Get to Know Valine, an Essential Amino Acid and an Athlete’s Best FriendAmino acids are organic compounds operating as the building blocks of prote...

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How to Cook Chickpeas With An Extra Punch of Protein

Everyone talks about meal prep, but no one talks about snack prep. One of our resident Snack Experts, Tiara Wasner, recently whipped up a batch of ...

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What Back to School Lunch Looks Like with BUBS Naturals

My youngest son is in a homeschool co-op. Our school district is still practicing distance learning, so we opted into a little co-op to make sure t...

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Why Does MCT Oil Powder Work So Well?

To outline the science behind why MCT powder does what it does for the body, we’re going to have to agree on one fundamental fact: MCT powder works...

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“If it had Glen’s name on the can, it had to be the best”; How Bubs Naturals Came to Be, Part 2

BUBS Was Born of Adversity and InventionAfter months of striking out with business venture ideas, BUBS Naturals Founders Sean Lake and TJ Ferrara h...

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The Self-Improvement Challenge on Strava

Click Here to Join ChallengeHere at BUBS Naturals, we believe that self-improvement can be simple. We want to motivate you to get outside and stay ...

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9/11 and What It Means To Me Now

When the terrorist attacks on 9/11 happened in 2001, our whole world was turned upside down. Everything we knew about our safety and security chang...

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Tastes Like Nothing, Works Like Magic: Why Collagen Protein Works

Collagen protein works. If you don’t agree with this statement, consider this your invitation to find a more productive use of your time. We’re abo...

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Collagen Protein Can Put Your Psoriasis in its Place

Americans remain divided on a great many issues. Dry skin isn’t one of them. 100% of individuals are negatively affected by dry skin, itchy patches...

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This Labor Day We’re Talking All Things Meat

Well, we made it through the summer of 2020 folks. Traditionally, Labor Day is celebrated with parades! Cook outs! White pants! Mosquito spray by t...