ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2014
The effect of weight loss by ketogenic diet on the body composition, performance-related physical fitness factors and cytokines of Taekwondo athletes.
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- Effects of exercise combined with different dietary interventions on cardiovascular health a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Different Exercises Combined with Different Dietary Interventions on Body Composition: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Muscle Hypertrophy in Resistance-Trained Men and Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Carbohydrate Intake on Strength and Resistance Training Performance: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Rapid Weight Loss of Up to Five Percent of the Body Mass in Less Than 7 Days Does Not Affect Physical Performance in Official Olympic Combat Athletes With Weight Classes: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Influences of Ketogenic Diet on Body Fat Percentage, Respiratory Exchange Rate, and Total Cholesterol in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of the ketogenic diet on resistance training load management: a repeated-measures clinical trial in trained participants.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Trial
- Reliability and diagnostic performance of a new blood ketone and glucose meter in humans.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Trial
- Effect of a four-week ketogenic diet on exercise metabolism in CrossFit-trained athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2019Trial
- Anaerobic Performance after a Low-Carbohydrate Diet (LCD) Followed by 7 Days of Carbohydrate Loading in Male Basketball Players.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- International society of sports nutrition position stand: ketogenic diets.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Review
- Anaerobic Sport-Specific Tests for Taekwondo: A Narrative Review with Guidelines for the Assessment.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Does the Paleo diet affect an athlete's health and sport performance?Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Recent Progress in Applicability of Exercise Immunology and Inflammation Research to Sports Nutrition.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Changes in body composition and substrate utilization after a short-term ketogenic diet in endurance-trained males.Biology of sport · 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
- Role of a Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition, Physical Health, Psychosocial Well-Being and Sports Performance in Athletes: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Affective and Enjoyment Responses to Short-Term High-Intensity Interval Training with Low-Carbohydrate Diet in Overweight Young Women.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the weight loss through 3 weeks of ketogenic diet on performance-related physical fitness and inflammatory cytokines in Taekwondo athletes. The subjects selected for this research were 20 Taekwondo athletes of the high schools who participated in a summer camp training program. The subjects were randomly assigned to 2 groups, 10 subjects to each group: the ketogenic diet (KD) group and the non-ketogenic diet (NKD) group. Body composition, performance-related physical fitness factors (2,000 m sprint, Wingate test, grip force, back muscle strength, sit-up, 100 m sprint, standing broad jump, single leg standing) and cytokines (Iinterleukin-6, Interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor-α) were analyzed before and after 3weeks of ketogenic diet. No difference between the KD and NKD groups in weight, %body fat, BMI and fat free mass. However, the KD group, compared to the NKD group, finished 2,000 m sprint in less time after weight loss, and also felt less fatigue as measured by the Wingate test and showed less increase in tumor necrosis factor-α. This result suggests that KD diet can be helpful for weight category athletes, such as Taekwondo athletes, by improving aerobic capacity and fatigue resistance capacity, and also by exerting positive effect on inflammatory response.
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