▪️Protein shakes can help you maintain or improve your muscle mass.
▪️But which type should you choose?
▪️Proteins are the building blocks of muscle tissue, and ingestion of protein signals the body that there is plenty of these building blocks available to start building muscle.
▪️It has been well established that increasing the amount of daily protein consumption can help maintain muscle during dieting. Furthermore, protein ingestion can improve the muscle building effects seen after exercise.
▪️But which type of protein is the most effective to maintain or improve muscle mass?
▪️Previous research has indicated that leucine is the key amino acid that turns the muscle building switch. Whey protein has a higher percentage of leucine compared to the other proteins.
Resources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19589961/
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