If older guys eat protein before bed, their bodies can digest it overnight and use it to build muscle while they sleep.

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Protein Ingestion before Sleep Increases Overnight Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates in Healthy Older Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2017 Dec

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Protein Ingestion before Sleep Increases Overnight Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates in Healthy Older Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Score: 60

DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.254532

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