Research
Macro partitioning
Supplemental mung bean protein (18 g/day) increases muscular strength in healthy, underactive vegetarians without concurrent exercise or lean body mass gains.
If you are a vegetarian and do not exercise heavily, adding 18 grams of mung bean protein daily may help you maintain or slightly improve your strength over 8 weeks, even without changing your diet or activity level.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
This trial provided preliminary evidence that supplementary plant protein (representing approximately 30% additional protein based on the current recommendation of 0.8 g protein/kg/day) increased muscular strength in the absence of exercise and independent of LBM.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial, but small sample size (n=25) and short duration (8 weeks).
Source
Mung Bean Protein Supplement Improves Muscular Strength in Healthy, Underactive Vegetarian Adults
Eric Bartholomae et al. · Nutrients · 2019
DOI 10.3390/nu11102423
rct · n=37Cited 27×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
Related findings · Macro partitioning
- Total daily protein intake of 1.6 g/kg/day is sufficient for maximizing resistance training-induced muscle gains, with an upper confidence interval of 2.2 g/kg/day.Strong
- Resistance exercise training combined with sufficient dietary protein intake acts synergistically to maximize skeletal muscle hypertrophy, with protein intake saturating around 1.6 g/kg/day for general populations and potentially requiring 2.0-2.2 g/kg/day for resistance-trained individuals.Strong
- Trans fats should be completely eliminated from the diet, as they increase LDL cholesterol, decrease HDL cholesterol, and are directly associated with increased coronary risk.Strong
This is one finding among thousands. Every one is graded and traced to its source, so you can see what the evidence actually supports. Browse the research →