Why You Should Protein Up After Resistance Training

Why should you load up on protein after resistance training? Because Judy Foreman says so.  And Foreman, a health writer for the Boston Globe, says so because William J. Evans, director of the Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, says so first.
"Strength training causes muscle cells to be extremely sensitive to insulin," Evans told Foreman. "Insulin stimulates muscle protein synthesis by increasing the transport of amino acids into the cells."
Evans believes that the "window of opportunity" for this protein loading is short-lived."The protein should be consumed before, during, or within 30 minutes of completion of the exercise," he says.  Evans is partial to  protein of "high quality," meaning it contains all of the essential amino acids like whey, casein (a milk protein), or meat. What else does he say? Read more in the Boston Globe.