usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoResearchers took 44 men and gave either plant-protein or animal-protein supplements for 12 weeks while strength training. There was no statistical difference in muscle strength or mass between groupswww.tandfonline.comexternal-linkmessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down115
arrow-up1465arrow-down1external-linkResearchers took 44 men and gave either plant-protein or animal-protein supplements for 12 weeks while strength training. There was no statistical difference in muscle strength or mass between groupswww.tandfonline.comusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 hours agoWere these subjects athletes or were they just people who were weight training?
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoDoesn’t matter. The point of the research was to determine if there was a difference between animal and plant based protein supplements for adding muscle. The results would apply to anyone.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-210 hours agoAnd if neither has much effect, the study is pointless. I hope there was a control group who had a placebo supplement.
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoThat’s not how science works. You do experiments even to find out if it is pointless. But, yes, they should have a control group.
minus-squareLifter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoSo the research was pointless because we can’t tell the difference without a control group. Further research needed.
Were these subjects athletes or were they just people who were weight training?
Doesn’t matter. The point of the research was to determine if there was a difference between animal and plant based protein supplements for adding muscle. The results would apply to anyone.
And if neither has much effect, the study is pointless.
I hope there was a control group who had a placebo supplement.
That’s not how science works. You do experiments even to find out if it is pointless.
But, yes, they should have a control group.
So the research was pointless because we can’t tell the difference without a control group. Further research needed.