Optimized dietary strategies to protect skeletal muscle mass during periods of unavoidable energy deficit

FASEB Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1136-1142

  Pasiakos, Stefan M ^a   Margolis, Lee M ^a   Orr, Jeb S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lean body mass; Leucine; Military; mTORC1

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FATIGUE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIET; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84931454409     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-266890     Document Type: Review

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