Open AccessThe anabolic role of plant-based proteins in response to chronic resistance exercise
Author(s) -
Carina De Sousa Santos,
Eudes Souza Oliveira Júnior,
Marcus James Lopes de Sá,
Elizabethe Adriana Esteves
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista ciências em saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-3785
DOI - 10.21876/rcshci.v11i3.1135
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , anabolism , muscle mass , skeletal muscle , muscle protein , population , biology , resistance training , medicine , endocrinology , environmental health
Proper maintenance of skeletal muscle mass is essential to prevent sarcopenia and ensure health and quality of life as aging progress. The two determinants of muscle protein synthesis are the increased load on skeletal muscle through resistance exercise and protein intake. For an effective result of maintaining or increasing muscle mass, it is relevant to consider the quantitative and adequate intake of protein, and the dietary source of protein since the plant-based protein has differences in comparison to animals that limit its anabolic capacity. Given the increase in vegetarianism and the elderly population, which consumes fewer food sources of animal protein, the importance of understanding how protein of plant-based protein can sustain muscle protein synthesis in the long term when associated with resistance exercise is justified, as well as the possibilities of dietary adequacy in the face of this demand.