Strong Support
quantitative
You don’t need to eat a lot of carbs after a workout to build muscle—30 grams works just as well as 90 grams when combined with essential amino acids, because the amino acids drive muscle growth, not...
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Muscle protein breakdown has a minor role in the protein anabolic response to essential amino acid and carbohydrate intake following resistance exercise
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2010 AugContradicting (0)
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No contradicting evidence found
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