Dr. Luc (Luke) van Loon

And theoretically, that should also lead to a greater muscle protein synthesis.

But we provided sufficient eggs, so probably the total amount of protein was sufficient to maximize the response.

So on muscle protein synthesis, it was exactly the same.

So, of course, I sent it off to Sylvester Stallone's home address, but never got a response, unfortunately.

So we couldn't make him a co-author.

But the title is still, was Rocky right or wrong?

Should you boil your eggs?

And yes, boiling is one of the issues.

Same thing as consuming, how you consume your foods.

We did study sitting upright or lying down, which is, of course, very relevant for people in the hospital because a lot of people are being fed lying down.

But sitting upright actually stimulates gastric emptying, so the protein actually gets faster in your digestive system.

You get a faster release in circulating amino acids and therefore a greater stimulation of muscle protein synthesis.

Chewing, same thing.

We infused the cow with labeled amino acids.

For a Dutch person, it's hard to accept that only 25% of your expensive tracer goes into the milk.

So we butchered the cow.

So suddenly we had intrinsically labeled meat.

We provided subjects with that meat provided as minced meat or as a steak.

Huge difference in the rate of digestion and absorption.

So also chewing and cutting up your food is an important factor.