Protein

Question 1

Which amino acids are essential?

Question 2

Which amino acids are oxidised as fuel?

Question 3

Which AA’s are branched chain?

Question 4

describe the structure of amino acids

Question 5

Why are some amino acids essential and others aren’t?

Question 6

How do you calculate NPB?

Question 7

How do we consume amino acids?

Question 8

Where is the first free amino acid pool?

Question 9

Describe the locations of amino acid loss around the body?

Question 10

Explain how age influences NPB

Question 11

What are sedentary protein requirements?

Question 12

Explain how nitrogen balance technique works

Question 13

At rest how does MPS and MPB respond to feeding?

Question 14

After a bout of resistance exercise, how does MPS respond?

Question 15

Exercise is the stimulus for muscle gain…explain

Question 16

Explain how to measure protein synthesis in muscle

Question 17

After resistance exercise, how does this affect the NPB?

Question 18

at rest without food intake, what happens to NPB?

Question 19

How does nutrition support NPB increases after resistance exercise?

Question 20

Explain how timing of protein intake influences MPS

Question 21

Why do most studies only measure MPS?

Question 22

How does distribution impact MPS?

Question 23

How does protein amount affect MPS?

Question 24

Studies suggest that 20g is sufficent to maximsie MPS. Is this a fair conclusion?

Question 25

How does the body size of athletes effect MPS?

Question 26

How does sex influence MPS?

Question 27

How does the source of protein infleunce MPS?

Question 28

How do the different components of milk impact MPS?

Question 29

Why is leucine important?

Question 30

How does the rate of delivery impact MPS response to Whey?

Question 31

How does the co-ingestion of carbohydrate influence MPS?

Question 32

How does feeding protein before bed influence the MPS?

Question 33

Explain how to maximise NPB

Question 34

Protein supplementation produces small, but significant increases in...

Question 35

There is no effect on fat-free gain when protein intake beyond?

Question 36

How does energy intake influence lean mass changes?

Question 37

What is the rationale behind why endurance athletes need increased protein requirements?

Question 38

Resistance vs Endurance exercise on protein synthesis responses

Question 39

How does MPS respond to endurance training acutely?

Question 40

How does alcohol impact MPS?

Question 41

Does having protein during exercise impact performance?

Question 42

how does protein intake impact muscle glycogen resyntheis?

Question 43

Summarise protein intake and endurance exercise recovery

Question 44

How does CHO + protein impact endurnace training adaptation?

Question 45

What are the protein requirements for different types of athletes?