Mixed
Ingesting 4.5g of Alaska Pollack Protein (APP) daily for 3 months improves neuromuscular efficiency (neural economy) in young healthy adults, evidenced by a greater reduction in motor unit discharge rates compared to whey protein, without increasing muscle mass.
If you are a young, healthy adult looking to improve how efficiently your muscles generate force, adding just 4.5 grams of Alaska Pollack Protein to your daily diet for 3 months may help. You likely won't see your muscles get bigger, but your nervous system may become more efficient at producing force, allowing you to generate the same strength with less neural effort compared to taking whey protein.
Small amount of additional APP intake induces greater effects on neural activation than WP, suggesting the greater neural economy of generation of force.
Why this rating
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with objective HDsEMG measurements, though sample size is moderate (n=44 completed) and duration is 3 months.
Source
Effects of Alaska Pollack Protein Ingestion on Neuromuscular Adaptation in Young Healthy Adults: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Tetsuya Hirono et al. · Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology · 2024
DOI 10.3177/jnsv.70.228
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