The anabolic role of plant-based proteins in response to chronic resistance exercise

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Carina Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira Júnior, Eudes Souza, Lopes de Sá, Marcus James, Esteves, Elizabethe Adriana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ciências em Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br/index.php/rcsfmit_zero/article/view/1135
• topic: plant-based proteins; animal-based proteins; muscle protein synthesis; skeletal muscle; exercise; proteínas de origem vegetal; proteínas de origem animal; síntese de proteína muscular; massa muscular esquelética; exercício

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.