Issue #66 (April 2020)

• Supercharging muscle protein synthesis through essential amino acids
  Adding essential amino acids to whey may boost muscle protein synthesis, but the dose matters!
• Mini: Summarizing the evidence on milk consumption and your health
  We quickly review the evidence of milk and dairy consumption on various health endpoints — blood pressure, cancer, bone health, heart disease, diabetes, and more.
• Can sweet and salty mouth rinses provide a taste of victory?
  This study provides a pinch of evidence that mouth rinses could affect performance, but more evidence is needed to sweeten up confidence in this finding.
• Deep Dive: Fruit, vegetables, and cardiovascular risk factors
  An apple a day probably isn’t enough to keep the cardiologist away, but the evidence suggests that 3-5 servings of fruits and veggies may help a little bit.
• Deep Dive: Interesting Bacterial Solution for Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
  Probiotics aren't BS when it comes to reducing IBS symptoms.
• Evaluating the differences between big breakfasts and big dinners
  More calories are burned after breakfast than after dinner, but does it matter?
• Berberine supplementation reduces a major colorectal cancer risk factor
  Colorectal cancers are the second-most common cause of cancer death, which makes the results of this large two-year study a pretty big deal if they hold up to replication.
• Op-Ed: Science in the 21st Century: Notes from an industry harlot Open Access
  Stu Phillips drops by to give his perspective on the role of industry funding in modern-day research.

Researchers

Wyatt Brown; Dylan T. Dahlquist, MSc, CSCS; Antonis Damianou, MSc; Brad Dieter, PhD; Rachel Hathcock, BSN, RN, CCRA; Nick Milazzo, MS(c); Katherine Pett, MS, RDN; Zad Rafi, BA; Brandon Roberts PhD, MS, CSCS; Lucas Roldos Saibene, BSc, MSc(c); Jill Ryer-Powder, PhD; Lucas Tafur, PhD

Editors

Gregory Lopez, MA, PharmD

Reviewers

Stephan Guyenet, PhD & Adel Moussa, PhD

Copy Editor

Dmitri Barvinok

Infographics

Antonius Khengdro & Calla Lee