Raw Eggs to Support Post-Exercise Recovery in Healthy Young Men: Did Rocky Get It Right or Wrong?
Cas J FuchsWesley J H HermansJoey S J SmeetsJoan M SendenJanneau van KranenburgStefan H M GorissenNicholas A BurdLex B VerdijkLuc J C van LoonPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2022)
The ingestion of raw, as opposed to boiled, eggs attenuates the postprandial rise in circulating essential amino acid concentrations. However, post-exercise muscle protein synthesis rates do not differ after ingestion of 5 raw versus 5 boiled eggs in healthy young men. Trial registration: NL6506.