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Does eating citrulline make your body build more protein?

Original Title

Oral citrulline does not affect whole body protein metabolism in healthy human volunteers: results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study.

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Methodology score · 47/100

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Scientists gave people a supplement called citrulline to see if it helped their bodies make more protein, like muscle.

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Authors

Thibault R, Flet L, Vavasseur F, Lemerle M, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Picot D, Darmaun D