The impact of protein quality on the promotion of resistance exercise-induced changes in muscle mass.

weight maintenance diet, to improve body composition parameters.” It needs to be emphasized that in this same review [ 16 ] the authors pointed out that, “...the effects of WP [whey protein] were more favorable when compared with carbohydrates than protein sources other than whey, although findings did not reach statistical significance.” This is to be expected since carbohydrates provide only energy, not amino acids, and results only in hyperinsulinemia and thus cannot stimulate a net positive protein balance [ 55 , 56 ].

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