Vegan Whey Protein for Muscle Anabolism and Post-exercise Recovery

Daily consumption of oral deuterium oxide (0.3 ml per kg of lean body mass) to equilibrate in body water and become slowly incorporated into muscle protein, enabling measurement of muscle protein synthesis rates

Whole body DXA scan to assess lean body mass for prescription of deuterium oxide tracer

Participant will be asked to consume a provided 6-day diet package that will be prepared by the research team. This package will include 3 meals per day plus snacks

Obtained from participants by asking them to spit into a tube each day during the study, for 11 days in total.

Resting venous blood sample from a forearm vein on 6 separate occasions

A highly experienced researcher will sample a small section of muscle (\~200 mg) from the vastus lateralis muscle under local anaesthetic (5 ml, 1% Lidocaine)

participants will complete 8 sets of 10 repetitions of unilateral eccentric knee extensions on an isokinetic dynamometer.

Bilateral isometric strength will be measured using a well-established protocol on an isokinetic dynamometer.

Consumption of 3 supplements a day for 3 days following resistance exercise. All supplements are commercially available.