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Some plant proteins don't help build muscle as well as animal proteins because they often don't have enough of certain important building-block nutrients, especially lysine and methionine, which are low in foods like wheat, corn, and oats.
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The Anabolic Response to Plant-Based Protein Ingestion
Narrative Review
2021 SepThe study says plant proteins like wheat don’t help build muscle as well as animal proteins because they don’t have enough of certain important building blocks like lysine and methionine, which matches the claim.
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