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Healthy Protein Sources for Muscle Growth and Recovery

20 Healthy Protein Sources to Build Muscle and Fuel Performance

This handy list provides you with a quick resource to identify and include many different types of protein in your diet to ensure you can recover well, build muscle and perform well. 

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Proteins are ‘king’ when it comes to recovery and growth: these nutrients, once in the body, are digested into amino acids that are the building blocks of your lean mass.

During your workout, the cells in your muscles are subjected to higher stress than they normally are, among them, the significant release of lactic acid which occurs in exercise. This leads to the athlete having to recover a part of the ‘damaged’ cells, while also replacing some of the old cells with new ones, in the growth of which protein synthesis is vital. Therefore, the post-workout diet must include proteins in order for the body to be assisted in its process of recovery from effort. 

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