Episode 129 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Protein Quality and the Food Matrix" with Dr Nick Burd PhD (Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA).

Discussion Topics Include:

• Defining protein & diet quality
• Defining optimal vs recommended intakes for protein
• Reductionism & protein research
• The Food matrix: A wholistic view of protein and exercise interactions and why whole protein is more than just the sum of its parts!
• Why a "food-first" approach to post-exercise protein intake will be beneficial for both the skeletal muscle adaptive response and diet quality for most people

Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:

• Dietary Protein Quantity, Quality, and Exercise Are Key to Healthy Living: A Muscle-Centric Perspective Across the Lifespan (Burd et al., 2019)
• Food-First Approach to Enhance the Regulation of Post-exercise Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis and Remodeling (Burd et al., 2019)

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 121 - "Protein and Endurance Athletes" with Dan Moore PhD
• Episode 125 - "Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise Training" with Rob Morton PhD
• Episode 98 - 'Protein: An Update' with Professor Stu Phillips and Professor Kevin Tipton
• Episode 75 - 'Protein Overfeeding & Oversciencing' with Jose Antonio PhD
• Episode 74 - 'Gaining Muscle & Losing Fat in an Energy Deficit' with Professor Stu Phillips
• Episode 67 - 'Protein Ingestion Before Sleep & Muscle Mass' with Professor Luc van Loon
• Episode 38 - 'Nutrition and the Molecular Response To Strength Training' with Keith Baar PhD
• Episode 36 - 'The Hormone Hypothesis' with Professor Stu Phillips
• Episode 34 - 'Nutrient Priming & the Protein Synthetic Response' with D. Lee Hamilton PhD
• Episode 28 - 'Training and Nutrition To Maintain Muscle in Endurance Athletes' with Mike Ormsbee PhD
• Episode 24 - 'Muscle Anabolic Potential of Leucine' with Leigh Breen PhD