Thread by @nick_krontiris

In this one, the ingestion of 24 g post-workout protein blend (beef and whey) mixed with orange juice over 10 weeks attenuated cellular immune infallmation markers compared to the ingestion of an isocaloric carbohydrate drink alone in endurance cross-country athletes.

- The participants were randomly allocated into two equal-size treatment groups: protein–carbohydrate (PRO-CHO, n=15) or carbohydrate only (CHO, n=15).

- The athletes performed a 10 week intervention period involving five or six training sessions per week with an average duration of 44.8± 4.5 min per session.

- The ingestion of the combined PRO-CHO post workout formula providing protein from beef and whey mixed with orange juice promoted a more favourable immune competency by attenuating cellular immune infammation compared with CHO supplementation alone.

- Despite the alleged advantage of ingesting the protein blend admixture instead of only carbohydrates, no statistically significant differences between treatments were noticed in either the training load or the conducted performance tests.

"It is feasible that this marginally lower carbohydrate intake could have been compensated by the relatively higher protein intake (1.7–2.0g/kg)."

Effects of protein–carbohydrate vs. carbohydrate alone supplementation on immune inflammation markers in endurance athletes: a randomized controlled trial

doi.org/10.1007/s00421…

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