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L-alanine has no detected effect on muscle protein fractional synthetic rate

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Although responses were more robust in the EAA+CHO group and prolonged in the EAA+ALA group, AUCs were similar among all groups for fractional synthetic rate, MPS, MPB, and NB.”
Quoted verbatim from Addition of carbohydrate or alanine to an essential amino acid mixture does not enhance human skeletal muscle protein anabolism.
This finding among the 2 findings on its endpoint

L-alanine

Muscle protein fractional synthetic rate

no difference found

Who
Healthy young men and women; every arm ingested 10 g essential amino acids (EAA), alanine added in one arm; two-hour-plus AUC comparison across arms, abstract only
Dose studied
30 g alanine added to 10 g EAA, single ingestion

Very limited evidencePMID 23343676 · 2013

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

The Journal of nutrition
What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M70M6QZWP07J8EXM4WHPETRR