Performance Nutrition Digest

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Ketogenic diets result in significant lean mass loss in females 🚨

A warning for females following the keto diet.

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 16, 2024
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Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition in Healthy, Young, Normal-Weight Women: A Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial

Background

The ketogenic diet is a popular dieting approach characterised by the high intake of fat 🥑

But a proper ketogenic diet will typically have to be lower in protein than most recommended intakes for athletes 🚨

So could the …

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