The consumption of protein (either through natural sources or supplementation) is a common strategy used by everyday fitness enthusiasts and sports athletes in and around their training sessions to facilitate muscle repair and remodelling. This strategy is employed to enhance post-exercise hypertrophy, strength-based adaptations and tissue repair

Consuming enough protein is important in helping allow the body to perform a variety of functions such as cell-building, muscle growth, maintanence of healthy tissues and producing enzymes and hormones to help regulate metabolism on a daily basis.