OK that does not mean that much though because the sample group is way too small to draw some real hard science out of it.
Saying that as a plant protein lover.
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What? The sample group is not way too small lol. It is fine.
On top of that, there are already many other such studies on gym goers, comparing whey with vegan options, such as pea and soy protein. Those studies show that vegan options are as good as whey.
You can't measure anything with a high level of confidence with 40 people. Typical health studies have hundreds to thousands of participants. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10000262/
Now let's have a control group with no supplements
A control group on the juice would also be helpful.
Yes, please. I'd love to see that.
Amino acids are amino acids. Some are harder to get from plants than others.
I wish more people understood that EVERYTHING is chemistry.
Even love?
Of course! Even love! Just mix a dash of dopamine, a sprinkle of serotonin, a shot of oxytocin, and a hint of norepinephrine. Shake well in a nervous system, serve warm, and call it love!
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No, watt is love, so love is energy over time, not chemistry.
No, Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
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gymbros are afraid of soybased products, eventhough there is very little if any phytoestrogen that affects them in a significant way.
they are more likely to get estrogen-like chemicals from thier plastic bottles and drinking water.
More research isn't a bad thing, but this really isn't news. If you're a nerd who's into lifting you'd already know that soy protein is a top tier source of all the important amino acids for muscle gain. And it's cheaper than whey.
It's also not very popular because the manosphere tells men that consuming it will feminize them. Yes, really. They took the "soy boy" thing very literally and ran with it off the deep end.
I remember about a decade ago talking about tofu recipes with a colleague who lifted and ate a protein heavy diet.
An older colleague heard us and warned us that eating tofu would cause you to have a surplus of estrogen and make you more feminine.
He was telling this to a guy built like a brick shithouse who had eaten tons of soy protein for the better part of a decade.
It's that same old thing, something different comes along and some people just have to parrot anything that goes against that thing, even if it's complete and utter horseshit
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I am slightly surprised that both groups lost a similar amount of fat.
Oh, right, supplements. So similar amount of fat as well. Well, kind of an obvious result and doesn't really say a whole lot about the differences between plant- and protein-based diets.
There is a very large contingent of people who believe animal protein is superior to plant protein in every way, shape, or form. So this result isn't obvious to them.
Such people unfortunately won't be reading science papers or understanding their significance.
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Just to be clear, this is about supplements. It’s doesn’t say anything about differences in dietary protein.
The actual title:
Similar effects between animal-based and plant-based protein blend as complementary dietary protein on muscle adaptations to resistance training: findings from a randomized clinical trial
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