The Claim
In healthy young adult men, a 16-hour overnight fast has no greater effect on forearm branched-chain amino acid uptake or glucose disposal after a mixed meal than a 10-hour overnight fast.
What the research says
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In healthy young men, fasting for 16 hours overnight does not increase the uptake of branched-chain amino acids or the disposal of glucose after eating a mixed meal compared to fasting for 10 hours.
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In healthy young adult men, a 16-hour overnight fast does not enhance forearm branched-chain amino acid uptake or glucose disposal after a mixed meal compared to a 10-hour fast.
After a meal, insulin rises and opens channels in muscle cells that let in sugar and amino acids. These channels can only take in so much at once, and they fill up quickly. Whether someone fasted for 10 hours or 16 hours, the channels reach their maximum capacity the same way, so no extra sugar or amino acids get taken up.
What the research says
1 studyIn healthy young men, fasting for 16 hours instead of 10 hours before eating didn’t make their muscles take up more amino acids or sugar from the blood after the meal. The body responded the same way in both cases.
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