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Do i realy need to eat 5-6 meals a day for muscle growth? cant i just spread my protein into 3 times and make life easy and get same result?
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Some protein : is reportedly more bioavailable and is used as a supplement around the time of exercise where as other types of proteins just milk protein may take more breakdown time. This is used as the rationale for taking supplements. When trying to build muscle. However. Bottom line. Well balanced good nutrition is good Nutrition no matter how often. And the science has support in several directions
Answered 2/10/2017
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