Compositions and methods to potentiate musculoskeletal effect of one or more anabolic amino acids on bone health

Abstract

A method of improving and / or enhancing at least one of bone mineralization, bone strength, bone mass, and bone mineral density in an individual in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the individual a composition comprising one or more anabolic amino acids, and the composition further comprising one or more autophagy-inducing compounds. In one embodiment, the one or more autophagy-inducing compounds are selected from the group consisting of thymol, carvacrol, spermidine, urolithin (e.g., Urolithin A, B or D), rapamycin, Torin1, valproic acid, polyphenols (e.g., resveratrol), caffeine, metformin, 5' AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators, L-type calcium channel inhibitors, ketones (e.g. beta-hydroxybutyrate, ketone salts, or ketone ester derivatives), 4,4'- dimethoxychalcone and mixtures thereof.