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Effects of Ketogenic Diet in Body Builders

NCT04629365 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2020-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Diet, Healthy
  • Body Weight

Interventions

OTHER

Ketogenic Diet

KD group consumed less than 50g/day of carbohydrates

OTHER

Normal Diet

ND group consumed 55% of the caloric intake from carbohydrates

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Padova

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Antonio Paoli, MD · University of Padova

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2020-10-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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