Egg Consumption and Muscular Adaptations

Alexei Wong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertrophy

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Egg whites and resistance training; Dietary Supplement: Whole egg and resistance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04381390

11/27498

Details and patient eligibility

About

Eggs may be a viable alternative to various types of supplemental proteins given its similar ratings on various measures of dietary protein quality.

The investigators hypothesis is that whole eggs would create a greater improvement in skeletal regulatory markers, hormonal responses and body composition than egg white ingestion in resistance-trained men.

Full description

The aim of this investigation was to compare the effects of whole egg versus egg white ingestion (daily and after training sessions) during 12 weeks of resistance training on skeletal muscle regulatory markers, hormonal responses and body composition in resistance-trained men. Specific aims of the study are to:

To investigate the extent to which both whole egg and egg white ingestion will improve anabolic factors, fat free mass, fat mass and decrease catabolic markers after 12 weeks of resistance training in resistance-trained men.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• performing resistance training at least three times a week for 1 year prior to the start of the study
• not taking any dietary supplements or medications for at least 1 year prior to the start of the study
• no known medical issues
• no alcohol consumption or smoking for at least 1 year prior to the start of the study
• no egg allergy/sensitivity.

Exclusion criteria

• non-willingness to continue nutritional or exercise protocols
• participation in exercise other than the prescribed resistance training program
• consumption of dietary supplement (other than egg) during the study period
• Missing more than one resistance training session or post-exercise egg consumption throughout the study period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Whole egg consumption

Experimental group

Description:

This arm involved whole egg consumption concomitant with 12 weeks of resistance training. Subject ingested three whole eggs per day immediately after resistance training.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Whole egg and resistance training

Egg whites consumption

Experimental group

Description:

This arm involved egg white consumption concomitant with 12 weeks of resistance training. Subject ingested an isonitrogenous quantity of six egg whites per day immediately after resistance training.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Egg whites and resistance training