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Exercise enhances the efficiency of skeletal muscle to utilize amino acid substrate for the postprandial anabolic response.
Exercise may improve the anabolic response to protein intake, suggesting a potential strategy for enhancing muscle growth.
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suggesting efficiency of the working skeletal muscle to utilize amino acid substrate to drive the postprandial anabolic response.
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A single bout of strenuous exercise overcomes lipid‐induced anabolic resistance to protein ingestion in overweight, middle‐aged men
William J. Smiles et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2019
DOI 10.1096/fj.201801917r
other · n=28Cited 15×
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