Effects of Ketogenic Diet in Body Builders

University of Padova

Status

Completed

Conditions

Body Weight

Diet, Healthy

Treatments

Other: Ketogenic Diet

Other: Normal Diet

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04629365

BBKeto

Details and patient eligibility

About

the study sought to investigate the influence of 8 weeks of a very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet on body composition, muscle strength, muscle area and blood parameters in competitive natural body builders.

Full description

nineteen natural body builders were randomly assigned to a ketogenic diet (KD) group or to a normal diet group (ND) with a traditional meal pattern. The two diets were isocaloric and included the same amount of protein per kg of body weight; but differed in the distribution of fats and carbohydrates; the latter were kept below 5% daily (less than 50g/day) in the KD group while represented 55% of the caloric intake in the WD group During the experimental period, training loads were similar in the two groups. Athletes were tested before and after 8 weeks of the intervention. Body composition , basal metabolism, muscle strength and blood parameters were measured.

Enrollment

19 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

20 to 40 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

at least 5 years of training experiences
competing in recognized body building category

Exclusion criteria

adherence to special diets
use of nutritional supplements (except a daily multivitamin-mineral and/or protein supplement)
use of medications (steroids)
diabetes or metabolic diseases