Effects of 30 days of ketogenic diet on body composition, muscle strength, muscle area, metabolism, and performance in semi-professional soccer players

Background A ketogenic diet (KD) is a nutritional approach, usually adopted for weight loss, that restricts daily carbohydrates under 30 g/day. KD showed contradictory results on sport performance, whilst no data are available on team sports. We sought to investigate the influence of a KD on differe...

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Main Authors: A. Antonio Paoli, Laura Mancin, Massimiliano Caprio, Elena Monti, Marco V. Narici, Lorenzo Cenci, Fabio Piccini, Matteo Pincella, Davide Grigoletto, Giuseppe Marcolin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12970-021-00459-9