Fishing for Muscle: Cod Protein Promotes Muscle Repair After Injury More than Casein or Peanut Protein
Image 1: There are obviously more nutritionally valuable parts to cod than just its liver. On Wednesday, you have learned that diet-deoptimization with rice instead of casein protein is a possible way to gain less weight. Today, we are going to tackle what appears to be a way more promising alternative to the dairy-based top-dogs among the protein supplements: Cod protein! Within the health and fitness community, the cold(er) water fish is hitherto, above all, known for its vitamin-laden liver and the oil humans have been producing from it and consuming for centuries, now. That the arginine-, glycine- and taurine-rich protein of its tasty white flesh could soon replace - or at least complement - dairy proteins (casein, whey) as the physical culturists' go-to protein for muscle building and regeneration will yet probably be news to most of you, right? COD - Canned or dried? Probably doesn't matter as long as you eat it. In a recently published paper on yet another rod...