Fig. 2

Blood concentrations of total amino acids (a), essential amino acids (b), branched chain amino acids (c) and leucine (d) before and after a bout of strength training and intake of 20 g of protein from milk, microparticulated whey (MWP), whey protein hydrolysate (WPH), whey protein concentrate 80 (WPC-80) or native whey (NW) in young men. Values are means ± SD (only shown for highest and lowest values), n = 10 in each group. Milk and WPH were higher than baseline at 30 and 45 min, MWP, WPC-80 and NW were higher than baseline at time point 30, 45 and 60 min in A, B, C and D (not indicated in the figures; p < 0.05). & NW significantly greater than milk at the same time point, p < 0.05; # all whey proteins significantly greater than milk at the same time point, p < 0.05; $ NW significantly greater than all other whey proteins at the same time point, p < 0.05