The Role of Protein Synthesis in Muscle Growth

Protein synthesis is the anabolic stage of building new protein. Some estimates are that muscle protein synthesis burns up something like 25% of the calories in the body. It's a very expensive process, where breakdown is kind of a trailing process and doesn't require much. But again, it's definitely not a direct correlation that a little bit higherhesis means you're going to have X amount more muscle mass in 21 days.

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