Effect of Beta-Hydroxybutyrate on Whole-Body Leucine Kinetics and Fractional Mixed Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis in Humans
Nair KS, Welle SL, Halliday D, Campbell RG
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The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Key finding
BHB infusion decreased leucine oxidation about 30 percent and increased muscle protein synthesis about 10 percent in healthy humans.
What the study did
Nine healthy adults received an IV BHB infusion with a labeled leucine tracer. BHB cut leucine oxidation by 18 to 41 percent, mean 30 percent. Muscle protein synthesis rose 5 to 17 percent, mean 10 percent. A bicarbonate control infusion had no effect.
This study used [form], not goBHB. It is shown here as general ketone science. Only goBHB studies back goBHB product claims.