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

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3837-3847

  Pasiakos, Stefan M ^a   Cao, Jay J ^b   Margolis, Lee M ^a   Sauter, Edward R ^c   Whigham, Leah D ^b   McClung, James P ^a   Rood, Jennifer C ^d   Carbone, John W ^e   Combs Jr , Gerald F ^b   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy deficit; Fractional synthesis rate; Nitrogen balance; Postprandial; Recommended dietary allowance; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NITROGEN BALANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ENERGY DEFICIT; FRACTIONAL SYNTHESIS RATE; NITROGEN BALANCE; POSTPRANDIAL; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883319463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-230227     Document Type: Article

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