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      Nutrients: "Protein Consumption and the Elderly: What Is the Optimal Level of Intake?"
    
      The Journal of Physiology: "Timing and distribution of protein ingestion during prolonged recovery from resistance exercise alters myofibrillar protein synthesis"
    
      Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition: "How much protein can the body use in a single meal for muscle-building? Implications for daily protein distribution"
    
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      Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition: "Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise anabolic window?"
    
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "How Much Sleep Do I Need?"
    
      Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport: "Effects of pre-sleep protein consumption on muscle-related outcomes — A systematic review"
    




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      Journal of Applied Physiology: "Neither load nor systemic hormones determine resistance training-mediated hypertrophy or strength gains in resistance-trained young men"
    
      Nutrients: "Protein Consumption and the Elderly: What Is the Optimal Level of Intake?"
    
      The Journal of Physiology: "Timing and distribution of protein ingestion during prolonged recovery from resistance exercise alters myofibrillar protein synthesis"
    
      Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition: "How much protein can the body use in a single meal for muscle-building? Implications for daily protein distribution"
    
      National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine "Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids"
    
      Medline Plus: "Amino Acids"
    
      Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition: "Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise anabolic window?"
    
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "How Much Sleep Do I Need?"
    
      Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport: "Effects of pre-sleep protein consumption on muscle-related outcomes — A systematic review"