Clinical nutrition : official journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Fast-digestive protein supplement for ten days overcomes muscle anabolic resistance in healthy elderly men.
Adequate protein intake is crucial to maintain muscle protein content in elderly subjects, but quality of dietary proteins should be considered. The aim was to determine whether soluble milk protein offers an original strategy to increase muscle anabolism in elderly subjects via a synergistic effect of fast-digesting proteins together with a unique essential AA content. ⋯ Fast-digesting soluble milk proteins improved postprandial muscle protein synthesis, especially mitochondrial muscle proteins and myosin fractional synthesis rates, in elderly subjects.