The Claim

In healthy young males, the ingestion of 0.25 g/kg fat-free mass of cricket, pea, or whey protein does not differentially activate the mTORC1 signaling pathway in skeletal muscle either at rest or following resistance exercise, indicating that these protein sources do not differ in their ability to trigger this molecular mechanism associated with muscle protein synthesis under the specified experimental conditions.

Source: Influence of protein source (cricket, pea, whey) on amino acid bioavailability and activation of the mTORC1 signaling pathway after resistance exercise in healthy young males

What the research says

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Supports
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How it works
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In plain English

In young, healthy guys, eating cricket, pea, or whey protein (based on body type) works the same for turning on a key muscle-building signal in the body — whether they’ve just worked out or not.

See the scientific wording

In healthy young males, ingestion of 0.25 g/kg fat-free mass of cricket, pea, or whey protein does not differentially activate the mTORC1 signaling pathway in skeletal muscle at rest or after resistance exercise, indicating no detectable difference in this molecular trigger for muscle protein synthesis between these protein sources under the tested conditions.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Influence of protein source (cricket, pea, whey) on amino acid bioavailability and activation of the mTORC1 signaling pathway after resistance exercise in healthy young males

    The study found that cricket, pea, and whey protein worked the same way in turning on a key muscle-building signal after exercise, even though whey gave higher amino acid levels in the blood.

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