The Claim

In healthy young men undergoing 12 weeks of resistance training, pre-sleep protein consumption results in a significantly greater increase in type II muscle fiber cross-sectional area (+2319 ± 368 μm²) compared to placebo (+1017 ± 353 μm²; P < 0.05), indicating enhanced cellular-level muscle hypertrophy.

Source: Protein Ingestion before Sleep Increases Muscle Mass and Strength Gains during Prolonged Resistance-Type Exercise Training in Healthy Young Men.

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

If young, healthy guys eat protein before bed while lifting weights for 12 weeks, their muscle fibers grow way more than if they don’t — like almost double the growth, according to one study.

See the scientific wording

In healthy young men undergoing 12 weeks of resistance training, consuming protein before sleep leads to a significantly greater increase in type II muscle fiber size (+2319 ± 368 μm²) compared to placebo (+1017 ± 353 μm²; P < 0.05), indicating enhanced hypertrophy at the cellular level.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Protein Ingestion before Sleep Increases Muscle Mass and Strength Gains during Prolonged Resistance-Type Exercise Training in Healthy Young Men.

    The study shows that drinking a protein shake before bed helps young men build more muscle during training, especially in fast-twitch fibers, just like the claim says.

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