ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2018
The Three-Month Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition, Blood Parameters, and Performance Metrics in CrossFit Trainees: A Pilot Study.
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- Effects of the Ketogenic Diet on Strength Performance in Trained Men and Women: A Systematic Review and 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
- Effects of a Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Diet Combined with High-Intensity Interval Training on Body Composition and Maximal Oxygen Uptake: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Body composition changes in physically active individuals consuming ketogenic diets: a systematic review.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- 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
- CrossFit® Training Strategies from the Perspective of Concurrent Training: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of a lifestyle promotion program on anthropometric and clinical manifestations in adolescents with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- 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
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- Effect of a Four-Week Vegan Diet on Performance, Training Efficiency and Blood Biochemical Indices in CrossFit-Trained Participants.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on health parameters in resistance-trained women.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
- Is a Four-Week Ketogenic Diet an Effective Nutritional Strategy in CrossFit-Trained Female and Male Athletes?Nutrients · 2021Trial
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- Effects of a ketogenic diet on body composition and strength in trained women.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Muscle Fatigue in Healthy, Young, Normal-Weight Women: A Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Effect of a four-week ketogenic diet on exercise metabolism in CrossFit-trained athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2019Trial
- Defining a ketone threshold for weight loss: evidence from 14 day daily β-hydroxybutyrate monitoring in 217 subjects on a ketogenic diet.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Article
- Nutrition in CrossFit® - scientific evidence and practical perspectives: a systematic scoping review.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
Adopting low carbohydrate, ketogenic diets remains a controversial issue for individuals who resistance train given that this form of dieting has been speculated to reduce skeletal muscle glycogen levels and stifle muscle anabolism. We sought to characterize the effects of a 12-week ketogenic diet (KD) on body composition, metabolic, and performance parameters in participants who trained recreationally at a local CrossFit facility. Twelve participants (nine males and three females, 31 ± 2 years of age, 80.3 ± 5.1 kg body mass, 22.9 ± 2.3% body fat, 1.37 back squat: body mass ratio) were divided into a control group (CTL;
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