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Protein amount, quality and timing | Dr Don Layman

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Is There Anything You Can Do That Could Increase Amino Acid Uptake?

A recent paper looked at cold therapy and it showed reduced amino acid uptake into the muscle tissue. One of the things we know for sure is that an ice bath would slow down gut motility. We have to go from about 100 micromolar plasma concentration to 300 micromolar to trigger the system. Once you trigger protein synthesis with muscle in muscle with leucine, you have to have all the other amino acids to make it run.

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