Trial reportMedicine and science in sports and exercise2024
Plant Protein Blend Ingestion Stimulates Postexercise Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates Equivalently to Whey in Resistance-Trained Adults.
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- Effect of Plant-Based Proteins on Recovery from Resistance Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Healthy Young Adults-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of a chickpea protein hydrolysate on exercise-induced biomarkers of muscle damage and inflammation in federated road cyclists.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- Ingestion of diverse protein-rich whole-foods result in similar post exercise whole body and myofibrillar protein synthesis rates compared with a more isolated protein source in young adults.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Rates Do not Differ With Low and High Estradiol Concentrations Across the Menstrual Cycle.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Trial
- Similar effects between animal-based and plant-based protein blend as complementary dietary protein on muscle adaptations to resistance training: findings from a randomized clinical trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Ingestion of 20 g Whey or Canola Protein Does Not Further Increase Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates During Recovery From Resistance Exercise In Healthy, Young Females.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- Postprandial plasma aminoacidemia and indices of appetite regulation following pea-rice blend, pea isolate and whey protein ingestion in healthy young adults.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Trial
- Gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance during a 2-week intervention of reformulated tube feeds with a plant-dominant protein blend in community-based adult patients on long-term nutritional support.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Sustaining Muscle, Cardiovascular Health, and the Environment: Is Plant-Based Protein the Key?Nutrients · 2026Review
- Eight-week dietary methionine restriction does not impair resistance exercise-induced mTORC1 signalling activation in rats.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of dairy, hybrid and plant-based protein blends (including fibre fortification) on amino acid profiles and gut microbiota adaptations: The Promephy study.Current research in food science · 2026Article
- Current Perspectives on Protein Supplementation in Athletes: General Guidance and Special Considerations for Diabetes-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- The Influence of Vegan, Vegetarian, and Omnivorous Diets on Protein Metabolism: A Role for the Gut-Muscle Axis?Nutrients · 2025Review
- Plant-based supplements in enhancing exercise performance and recovery.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeWhey protein ingestion is typically considered an optimal dietary strategy to maximize myofibrillar protein synthesis (MyoPS) after resistance exercise. Although single-source plant protein ingestion is typically less effective, at least partly, due to less favorable amino acid profiles, this could theoretically be overcome by blending plant-based proteins with complementary amino acid profiles. We compared the postexercise MyoPS response after the ingestion of a novel plant-derived protein blend with an isonitrogenous bolus of whey protein.
methodsTen healthy, resistance-trained, young adults (male/female: 8/2; age: 26 ± 6 yr; BMI: 24 ± 3 kg·m -2 ) received a primed continuous infusion of L-[ ring - 2 H 5 ]-phenylalanine and completed a bout of bilateral leg resistance exercise before ingesting 32 g protein from whey (WHEY) or a plant protein blend (BLEND; 39.5% pea, 39.5% brown rice, 21.0% canola) in a randomized, double-blind crossover fashion. Blood and muscle samples were collected at rest, and 2 and 4 h after exercise and protein ingestion, to assess plasma amino acid concentrations, and postabsorptive and postexercise MyoPS rates.
resultsPlasma essential amino acid availability over the 4 h postprandial postexercise period was ~44% higher in WHEY compared with BLEND ( P = 0.04). From equivalent postabsorptive values (WHEY, 0.042 ± 0.020%·h -1 ; BLEND, 0.043 ± 0.015%·h -1 ) MyoPS rates increased after exercise and protein ingestion (time effect; P < 0.001) over a 0- to 2-h period (WHEY, 0.085 ± 0.037%·h -1 ; BLEND, 0.080 ± 0.037%·h -1 ) and 2- to 4-h period (WHEY, 0.085 ± 0.036%·h -1 ; BLEND, 0.086 ± 0.034%·h -1 ), with no differences between conditions during either period or throughout the entire (0-4 h) postprandial period (time-condition interactions; all P > 0.05).
conclusionsIngestion of a novel plant-based protein blend stimulates postexercise MyoPS to an equivalent extent as whey protein, demonstrating the utility of plant protein blends to optimize postexercise skeletal muscle reconditioning.
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