Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So you're talking about in the real world here, you think maybe to most people those differences aren't so important.

To some they are, like the ones that are really optimizing every just little thing.

But what about in the context of research and data that's not, like you compare studies and someone's using casein and then you got whey and then their time when they do it, maybe the casein hadn't all been absorbed.

So conflicting data, I mean, methodological differences seems like it might be.

Now, are these important?

So when you're saying that it's a greater stimulation in skeletal muscle protein synthesis at the time you measured, but will they normalize eventually over time so that it's less of a difference in the real world, more of a difference in the lab in terms of when you're studying?

Yeah, it's good to differentiate that.

I want to kind of shift back and talk about the protein source because we've talked about the animal source, we've talked about supplemental sources of protein from animal products.

But there's also a large percentage of people that are vegetarian and vegan, don't consume any animal products.

So maybe you can tell people a little bit about the differences between food sources, plant sources of protein versus animal sources of protein sources.

So vegans that are interested in gaining muscle mass, obviously preserving muscle mass, but also gaining muscle mass with their resistance training programs, they can supplement with plant-based protein powder sources that will allow them to, on a gram-per-gram basis, especially if it's a high enough dose, gain the same muscle mass as someone doing, let's say...

animal-based protein supplements potentially?

And what about, so you mentioned pea protein is what you looked at in your study and compared it to dairy when 30 grams and 30 grams, there was no difference in terms of skeletal muscle protein synthesis.

What about, so is pea protein different from rice protein in terms of its amino acid composition?

Is there a protein powder that's better perhaps for vegans that are interested in increasing their muscle mass?

So you mentioned lysine and methionine.

Maybe you can explain to people why those are also important.

You mentioned leucine and how that stimulates mTOR, and that's important for muscle protein synthesis.

But why is lysine and methionine important?

And then maybe also what would be a good combination of plant-sourced protein powders perhaps to get all those?