The Claim
Daily dietary protein intake ranging from 0.15 to 1.6 g/kg body mass per day does not significantly alter the rate of muscle mass loss or myofibrillar protein synthesis suppression during three days of immobilization in healthy young men.
What the research says
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In healthy young men, consuming between 0.15 and 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day during three days of muscle immobilization does not change the rate of muscle mass loss or the suppression of myofibrillar protein synthesis.
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Daily dietary protein intake ranging from 0.15 to 1.6 g/kg body mass per day does not significantly alter the rate of muscle mass loss or myofibrillar protein synthesis suppression during three days of immobilization in healthy young men.
When a muscle is not used, it stops making new muscle proteins at a lower rate, and eating more or less protein does not change this slowdown. The muscle's internal shutdown of protein production happens no matter how much protein is eaten.
What the research says
1 studyEven if young men ate very little or a lot of protein while their leg was immobilized for three days, they lost the same amount of muscle and had the same drop in muscle protein production. Protein intake didn’t make a difference.
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