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Effects of high‐protein diets on fat‐free mass and muscle protein synthesis following weight loss: a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in FASEB Journal, June 2013
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Title
Effects of high‐protein diets on fat‐free mass and muscle protein synthesis following weight loss: a randomized controlled trial
Published in
FASEB Journal, June 2013
DOI 10.1096/fj.13-230227
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Authors

Stefan M. Pasiakos, Jay J. Cao, Lee M. Margolis, Edward R. Sauter, Leah D. Whigham, James P. McClung, Jennifer C. Rood, John W. Carbone, Gerald F. Combs, Andrew J. Young

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to determine the effects of varying levels of dietary protein on body composition and muscle protein synthesis during energy deficit (ED). A randomized controlled trial of 39 adults assigned the subjects diets providing protein at 0.8 (recommended dietary allowance; RDA), 1.6 (2×-RDA), and 2.4 (3×-RDA) g kg(-1) d(-1) for 31 d. A 10-d weight-maintenance (WM) period was followed by a 21 d, 40% ED. Body composition and postabsorptive and postprandial muscle protein synthesis were assessed during WM (d 9-10) and ED (d 30-31). Volunteers lost (P<0.05) 3.2 ± 0.2 kg body weight during ED regardless of dietary protein. The proportion of weight loss due to reductions in fat-free mass was lower (P<0.05) and the loss of fat mass was higher (P<0.05) in those receiving 2×-RDA and 3×-RDA compared to RDA. The anabolic muscle response to a protein-rich meal during ED was not different (P>0.05) from WM for 2×-RDA and 3×-RDA, but was lower during ED than WM for those consuming RDA levels of protein (energy × protein interaction, P<0.05). To assess muscle protein metabolic responses to varied protein intakes during ED, RDA served as the study control. In summary, we determined that consuming dietary protein at levels exceeding the RDA may protect fat-free mass during short-term weight loss.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 3 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Denmark 2 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 493 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 96 19%
Student > Bachelor 94 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 58 11%
Researcher 40 8%
Other 26 5%
Other 85 17%
Unknown 106 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 102 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 73 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 68 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 67 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 29 6%
Other 45 9%
Unknown 121 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 527. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 March 2024.
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#47,540
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Outputs from FASEB Journal
#10
of 11,472 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#233
of 210,230 outputs
Outputs of similar age from FASEB Journal
#1
of 68 outputs
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