Background: It has been demonstrated that protein ingestion before sleep increases muscle protein synthesis rates during overnight recovery from an exercise bout. (academic.oup.com)
Despite the positive effects of the pulse diet on muscle protein synthesis rates in old rats, it did not affect muscle mass. (academic.oup.com)
Therefore, if you want to gain muscle as quickly as possible, then you want to do everything you can to keep protein synthesis rates at or above breakdown rates. (legionathletics.com)