TABLE 3.

Amino acid (l-form), protein, and carbohydrate contents of nutritional treatments consisting of carbohydrate only, or carbohydrate co-ingested with 15 g, 30 g, or 45 g milk protein, ingested by male participants during recovery from a single bout of endurance exercise¹

	Nutritional treatment group
	0 g PRO	15 g PRO	30 g PRO	45 g PRO
Amino acid content
Alanine, g	—	0.45	0.90	1.35
Arginine, g	—	0.50	1.00	1.50
Aspartic acid, g	—	0.92	1.84	2.76
Glutamic acid, g	—	2.51	5.02	7.53
Glycine, g	—	0.23	0.46	0.69
Histidine, g	—	0.33	0.66	0.99
Isoleucine, g	—	0.66	1.32	1.98
Leucine, g	—	1.44	2.88	4.32
Lysine, g	—	1.19	2.38	3.57
Methionine, g	—	0.18	0.36	0.54
Phenylalanine, g	—	0.63	1.26	1.89
Proline, g	—	1.38	2.76	4.14
Serine, g	—	0.70	1.40	2.10
Threonine, g	—	0.57	1.14	1.71
Tyrosine, g	—	0.78	1.56	2.34
Valine, g	—	0.84	1.68	2.52
Totals
ƩNEAA, g	—	7.47	14.94	22.41
ƩEAA, g	—	5.84	11.68	17.52
ƩAA, g	—	13.31	26.62	39.93
Protein, g	—	15.00	30.00	45.00
Carbohydrate, g	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00

¹Total protein was calculated as nitrogen content × 6.25. Cysteine and tryptophan were not measured. 0 g PRO, 45 g carbohydrate with 0 g protein; 15 g PRO, 45 g carbohydrate co-ingested with 15 g milk protein; 30 g PRO, 45 g carbohydrate co-ingested with 30 g milk protein; 45 g PRO, 45 g carbohydrate co-ingested with 45 g milk protein; ƩAA, sum total amino acids; ƩEAA, sum total essential amino acids; ƩNEAA, sum total nonessential amino acids.