Successful Dieting [2/5]: Protein Intake


A large volume of human clinical data supports increased dietary protein for favorable changes to body composition.

One systematic review concluded that in studies where a higher protein intervention was deemed successful there was, on average, a 58.4% g/kg/day between group protein intake spread versus a 38.8% g/kg/day spread in studies where a higher protein diet was no more effective than control (1). The average change in habitual protein intake in studies showing higher protein to be more effective than control was +28.6%compared to +4.9% when additional protein was no more effective than control (1).
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