Vou discutir nuances da proteína animal versus vegetal, como julgar a qualidade de uma proteína e o que todos os vegetarianos e veganos e até quem consome poucos produtos animais deveriam prestar atenção.

Links para as pesquisas:

• Effects of prolonged meal-feeding on the body composition of adult rats | Nutrition Research (BJ Bittman et al. 1984) 
• Human fatty acid synthesis is stimulated by a eucaloric low fat, high carbohydrate diet | The Journal of Clinical Investigation (LC Hudgins et al. 1996) 
• Glucose and insulin-induced inhibition of fatty acid oxidation: the glucose-fatty acid cycle reversed | American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism (LS Sidossis and RR Wolfe 1996) 
• Sestrin2 is a leucine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway | Science (RL Wolfson et al 2016)
• Orally administered leucine stimulates protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of postabsorptive rats in association with increased eIF4F formation | Journal of Nutrition (JC Anthony et al. 2000)
• A Reduced Ratio of Dietary Carbohydrate to Protein Improves Body Composition and Blood Lipid Profiles during Weight Loss in Adult Women | The Journal of Nutrition (DK Layman et al. 2003)
• Increased Dietary Protein Modifies Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis in Adult Women during Weight Loss | The Journal of Nutrition (DK Layman et al. 2003) 
• Optimizing Adult Protein Intake During Catabolic Health Conditions | Advances in Nutrition (SM Phillips, D Paddon-Jones, and DK Layman 2020)