For healthy older guys, working out in the evening and then having protein before bed helps their muscles use that protein better overnight than just having protein alone.

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Physical Activity Performed in the Evening Increases the Overnight Muscle Protein Synthetic Response to Presleep Protein Ingestion in Older Men.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2016 Jul

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Physical Activity Performed in the Evening Increases the Overnight Muscle Protein Synthetic Response to Presleep Protein Ingestion in Older Men.

Score: 54

DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.230086

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In older men, combining evening physical activity with presleep protein ingestion leads to greater incorporation of dietary protein-derived amino acids into new muscle proteins during sleep, compared to presleep protein alone.

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