ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2014
A brief review of higher dietary protein diets in weight loss: a focus on athletes.
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- Effect of low- and high-protein maternal diets during gestation on reproductive outcomes in the rat: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of animal science · 2020Pooled it
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- Satiating Effect of High Protein Diets on Resistance-Trained Subjects in Energy Deficit.Nutrients · 2018Trial
- The effects of chronic betaine supplementation on body composition and performance in collegiate females: a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2018Trial
- Effects of an amylopectin and chromium complex on the anabolic response to a suboptimal dose of whey protein.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2017Trial
- Protein-Pacing and Multi-Component Exercise Training Improves Physical Performance Outcomes in Exercise-Trained Women: The PRISE 3 Study.Nutrients · 2016Trial
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- Actinidin-Enriched Kiwifruit Concentrate (Kwd+International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Current Perspectives on Protein Supplementation in Athletes: General Guidance and Special Considerations for Diabetes-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
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- High-protein diets reduce plasma pro-inflammatory cytokines following lipopolysaccharide challenge in Swiss Albino mice.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Physiological Requirements of and Nutritional Recommendations for Equestrian Riders.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- Plant Proteins and Exercise: What Role Can Plant Proteins Have in Promoting Adaptations to Exercise?Nutrients · 2021Review
- A high-protein diet containing inulin/oligofructose supports body weight gain associated with lower energy expenditure and carbohydrate oxidation, and alters faecal microbiota in C57BL/6 mice.Journal of nutritional science · 2021Article
- High-Protein Energy-Restriction: Effects on Body Composition, Contractile Properties, Mood, and Sleep in Active Young College Students.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Sustainable Diets for Athletes.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
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- Body fat percentage in adolescents with phenylketonuria and associated factors.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
Thermodynamics dictates that for body weight (i.e. stored substrate) loss to occur a person must ingest less energy than they expend. Athletes, who owing to their oftentimes large daily energy expenditures, may have greater flexibility than non-athletes in this regard; however, they may also have different goals for weight loss. In particular, weight lost may be less important to an athlete than from which compartment the weight is lost: fat or lean. A critical question is thus, what balance of macronutrients might promote a greater fat loss, a relative retention of lean mass, and still allow athletic performance to remain uncompromised? It is the central thesis of this review that dietary protein should be a nutrient around which changes in macronutrient composition should be framed. The requirement for protein to sustain lean mass increases while in negative energy balance and protein, as macronutrient, may have advantages with respect to satiety during energy balance, and it may allow greater fat loss during a negative energy balance. However, athletes should be mindful of the fact that increasing dietary protein intake while in negative energy balance would come at the 'expense' of another macronutrient. Most recently there has been interest in lower carbohydrate diets, which may not allow performance to be sustained given the importance of dietary carbohydrate in high-intensity exercise. The relative merits of higher protein diets for athletes are discussed.
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