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Trial reportNutrients2021

Is a Four-Week Ketogenic Diet an Effective Nutritional Strategy in CrossFit-Trained Female and Male Athletes?

Krzysztof Durkalec-Michalski, Paulina M Nowaczyk, Natalia Główka, Anna Ziobrowska, Tomasz Podgórski

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Relationship between Aging and Ketogenic Diet: A Bibliometric Analysis (1995-2025)Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2026
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  4. High-protein diets and testosterone.Nutrition and health · 2023
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  9. The effect of 12-week high-doseFrontiers in immunology · 2024
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  16. International society of sports nutrition position stand: ketogenic diets.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krzysztof Durkalec-MichalskiDepartment of Sports Dietetics, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5041-2981
Paulina M NowaczykDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-624 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7724-022X
Natalia GłówkaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-624 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8449-7162
Anna ZiobrowskaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-624 Poznań, Poland.
Tomasz PodgórskiDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61-871 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0745-4606
University of Life Sciences in Poznań · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This single-arm interventional study examined the effect of a 4-week ketogenic diet (KD) on aerobic capacity and discipline-specific performance in female (

Indexed as

High-Intensity Interval TrainingAcid-Base EquilibriumAdolescentAdultAlanine TransaminaseAthletic PerformanceBicyclingBilirubinDiet, KetogenicErythrocyte IndicesFemaleHemoglobinsHumansMaleOxygen ConsumptionSex FactorsAlanine TransaminaseBilirubinHemoglobinsexercise performancehigh-fat diethigh-intensity functional traininglow-carbohydratenutritional supportphysical capacitysports nutrition

Identifiers

PMID33800770
PMCPMC8001376
OpenAlexW3134106232

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