Should You Eat Carbohydrates After Weight Training to Promote Anabolism?

In the fitness community, it is widely accepted that carbs after workouts help enable protein synthesis with the anabolic window. But i've seen studies disprove this. If you are a body builder, or if you are somebody whose primary object is to increase hypertrophy, then yes, there almost assuredly is a benefit from consuming carbohydrates and ore way protein. In other words, with my patients at least, take a very tailored approach to what they should or shouldn't take.

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