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Achieving Optimal Post-Exercise Muscle Protein Remodeling in Physically Active Adults through Whole Food Consumption

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Van Vliet, Stephan, Beals, Joseph W., Martinez, Isabel G., Skinner, Sarah K., Burd, Nicholas A.·2018·Nutrients
DOI 10.3390/nu10020224PMC PMC5852800
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Dietary protein ingestion is critical to maintaining the quality and quantity of skeletal muscle mass throughout adult life. The performance of acute exercise enhances muscle protein remodeling by stimulating protein synthesis rates for several hours after each bout, which can be optimized by consuming protein during the post-exercise recovery period. To date, the majority of the evidence regarding protein intake to optimize post-exercise muscle protein synthesis rates is limited to isolated protein sources. However, it is more common to ingest whole food sources of protein within a normal eating pattern. Emerging evidence demonstrates a promising role for the ingestion of whole foods as an effective nutritional strategy to support muscle protein remodeling and recovery after exercise. This review aims to evaluate the efficacy of the ingestion of nutrient-rich and protein-dense whole foods to support post-exercise muscle protein remodeling and recovery with pertinence towards physically active people.

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  • Increased post-workout protein intake could have been particularly impactful in stimulating post-exercise muscle protein synthesis in participants who consumed lower daily protein intake than recommended.

    “On the other hand, an increased post-workout protein intake could have been particularly impactful in stimulating post-exercise muscle protein synthesis in our participants who consumed lower daily protein intake than the recommended to support muscle mass accretion (Stokes et al. 2018;Van Vliet et al. 2018).”

    From Effect of a Multi-Ingredient Post-Workout Dietary Supplement on Body Composition and Muscle Strength – A Randomized Controlled Trial (2025) · cites this paper as Van Vliet et al. 2018

    Section 2 (Protein Recommendations for Physically Active Adults; page unavailable) gives daily protein recommendations and says higher intakes are likely needed to optimize muscle adaptation. The Introduction and Section 2 also describe protein intake as stimulating post-exercise muscle protein synthesis. The paper does not specifically establish that an increased post-workout dose has a particularly strong effect in people whose daily intake falls below recommendations; that application to the citing authors’ participants is their inference. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. [43]Van Vliet S. Burd N.A. Protein Nutritional Supplements in Sport, Exercise, and Health: An A-Z Guide Routledge Taylor & Francis Group New York, NY, USA 2015

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Authors
Van Vliet, S., Beals, J. W., Martinez, I. G., Skinner, S. K., & Burd, N. A.
Affiliations
  • Center for Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author
Burd, Nicholas A.
ORCID
Venue
Nutrients
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-02-16
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
224
ISSN
2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/nu10020224
PMC
PMC5852800
OpenAlex
W2790551903
Cited by
56
References
117
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0.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • National Pork Board
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
Keywords
muscle protein synthesis, post-exercise recovery, whole foods, dietary protein, skeletal muscle mass, physically active adults, sports nutrition
MeSH terms
Diet, Healthy, Adult, Dietary Proteins, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Muscle Contraction, Muscle Proteins, Nutritive Value, Exercise, Muscle, Skeletal, Muscle Fatigue, Recovery of Function, Muscle Strength, Recommended Dietary Allowances

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