Mark Kvale wrote:

Lyle McDonald wrote:

Diarmid Logan wrote:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-cos022504.php

Carbohydrates offer some help in muscle protein synthesis, but not
enough for the desired effect


This comes to you from the Dept. of No **** we Knew this 10 years ago
Sherlock. The only confusion comes in that carbs don't appear to affect
protein SYNTHESIS (an increase in insulin prmiarily affecting protein
breakdown, decreasing it). HIgh AA concentrations stimulate protein
synthesis. Cobmining the two (high insulin + high AA) gives better
results, something that's been known for years.

But thanks for being on the cutting edge of about 1995 or so.

Lyle

That is a harsh reply to an informative article,
one that you yourself learned something from.

Perhaps you could give us a reference to the 1995 studies you refer to
above, so that we may place the current work in better perspective.

Here's a review that contains most of that:

Tipton KD, Wolfe RR. Exercise, protein metabolism, and muscle growth.
Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2001 Mar;11(1):109-32.