Danes kbayne
Thoughts on the following......
What I am curious about regarding PA, is if introducing leucine (or protein in general) at the same time has either of the following effects:
a. Combo of leucine + PA increases mTOR to a greater extent (either in peak mTOR activation or duration of mTOR activation) than either solo due to varying mTOR activation pathways
OR
b. Because leucine would have already activated mTOR on its own via its respective pathway, the PA has no additional effect when combined (possible neg feedback or something?), and therefore doses of PA should be separated from does of leucine/protein in order to activate mTOR more times throughout the day.
We do already know that both PA and leucine induced mTOR activation have optimal peaks and refractory periods in which addition of either will not result in any further mTOR activation. Being able to stagger doses of each to keep mTOR reving up more times per day would be sweet.
iirc, leucine induced mTOR activation lasts for est 45min (if leucine supplementation is easily digested...i.e. NOT a slow digesting protein like casein)
So, for example:
Whey Protein shake taken at 12pm activates mTOR for est 45min with a refractory period of I believe 3-4 hours. Before those 4 hours are up one could hit a dose of PA to keep mTOR activated again (for how long PA activates mTOR I"m not 100% certain), and then again at hour 4+ hit another whey shake, etc.
Or am I way off base here lol