Definition: "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance "
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Is Quorn a better muscle builder than milk protein?
Human study
According to this press release, the British experimented with 20 young men, who had been training with weights for some time. If the men were given milk protein, the synthesis of muscle protein increased by 60 percent. If the men received Quorn, the synthesis of muscle protein increased by more than 120 percent.
"Our data show that mycoprotein can stimulate muscles to grow faster in the hours following exercise compared to a typical animal comparator protein (milk protein) - we look forward to seeing whether these mechanistic findings translate to longer term training studies in various populations."
Wall and his colleagues have been working closely with Quorn's producer for years, who by the way sponsors their research.
Quorn
In the 1960s, British scientists looked for alternative ways to produce high-quality proteins. They screened three thousand fungi that occur in the soil, and discovered that Fusarium venenatum was a damn good producer of edible protein. To produce a gram of protein, you only need ten percent of the resources required to produce a gram of chicken protein.
Allergic reactions
In addition, there were several hundred extremely serious cases, and 1 death. The Americans concluded that "the acceptance in the food supply or this nonessential ingredient deserves reconsideration".
However, you should note that the cases studied were reported on a website that was explicitly intended for consumers who had encountered problems with Quorn. The reliability of such data is a point of discussion. The British think that the risks of Quorn are very small. [Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Apr 4;3(6):nzz021.]
Nutritional value
In 2017, British researchers published a human study in which they gave 10 men Quorn, and then registered the appearance of the amino acids from the fungal protein in the men's blood. [Br J Nutr. 2017 Nov;118(9):673-85.]
They discovered that Quorn is a 'slow' protein that gradually releases its amino acids to the body after ingestion. Perhaps that is because Quorn contains a lot of fibers, such as beta glucans and chitin, which slow down digestion.
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