The Claim
In healthy young adults, ground pork induces a significantly greater postexercise myofibrillar protein synthesis response compared to a 20g plant protein blend or an isolated amino acid mixture.
What the research says
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After exercise, healthy young adults who eat ground pork experience a higher rate of muscle protein synthesis than those who consume a plant-based protein blend or an isolated amino acid mixture.
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In healthy young adults, ground pork elicits a significantly greater postexercise myofibrillar protein synthesis response than either a 20g plant protein blend or an isolated amino acid mixture, suggesting animal-derived protein may have a superior anabolic effect under these conditions.
After exercise, ground pork releases amino acids more slowly and steadily than plant proteins or isolated amino acids, keeping muscle cells flooded with building blocks longer. This prolonged supply keeps the mTORC1 switch turned on stronger and longer, which turns up the factory that builds muscle fibers, resulting in more new muscle protein being made.
What the research says
1 studyAfter a workout, eating ground pork helped build more muscle than eating the same amount of protein from beans and rice or from synthetic amino acids — and this study found that exact difference.
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