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Researchers took 44 men and gave either plant-protein or animal-protein supplements for 12 weeks while strength training. There was no statistical difference in muscle strength or mass between groups (www.tandfonline.com)
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

That doesn’t make it pointless.

There is something to be learned from this. Using a control would answer a different question.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Using a control group would tell us if there's any gain from the supplements whatsoever, was basically my point. For the average person using supplements doesn't do much for weight gain as far as I hear, so that's why I was asking what kind of people these subjects were, if they were athletes or regular people doing weight training. So, it does matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    And, my point is that calling this research pointless is just wrong because it answers à different question.

    I’m not disagreeing that the question that you want answered should be studied. It should. But, the fact that this research doesn’t answer your question doesn’t make it pointless.

    It’s perfectly valid research to study whether the results are different between animal-based and plant-based supplements. I didn’t go through the citations but they say:

    Recent evidence suggests that both animal and plant proteins support strength and hypertrophy gains when paired with resistance training and adequate protein intake

    which sounds like the research you’re asking for has already been done.

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