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Published in: Sports Medicine 10/2007

01-10-2007 | Review Article

Nutritional Interventions to Promote Post-Exercise Muscle Protein Synthesis

Authors: Dr René Koopman, Wim H.M. Saris, Anton J.M. Wagenmakers, Luc J.C. van Loon

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 10/2007

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Abstract

Resistance exercise is a powerful stimulus to augment muscle protein anabolism, as it can improve the balance between muscle protein synthesis and breakdown. However, the intake of food during post-exercise recovery is necessary for hypertrophy to occur. Therefore, athletes need to ingest protein following exercise to attain a positive protein balance and maximise their skeletal muscle adaptive response. The interaction between exercise and nutrition is not only important for athletes, but is also of important clinical relevance in the elderly. Exercise interventions combined with specific nutritional modulation provide an effective strategy to counteract or reduce the loss of skeletal muscle mass with aging.
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Metadata
Title
Nutritional Interventions to Promote Post-Exercise Muscle Protein Synthesis
Authors
Dr René Koopman
Wim H.M. Saris
Anton J.M. Wagenmakers
Luc J.C. van Loon
Publication date
01-10-2007
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Sports Medicine / Issue 10/2007
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200737100-00005

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