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whey proteinFinding

Whey protein has no detected effect on fat mass

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“In addition, results showed that supplementation with whey had no significant effect on fat mass (MD = −0.033; 95% CI: −0.465, 0.398; n = 12) (Supplemental Table S11).”
Quoted verbatim from Whey Protein Supplementation with or without Vitamin D on Sarcopenia-Related Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
This finding among the 27 findings on its endpoint

whey protein

Fat mass

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.033mean difference

CI −0.465 to 0.398

Who
Older adults aged over 60, healthy and sarcopenic or frail, in randomised trials of whey protein alone; fat mass reported in 14 of the 30 included trials
Dose studied
15 to 40 g/day of whey protein across the whey-alone trials

Moderate evidencePMID 37196876 · 2023

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y1DMS03QGXK42H8DJHBF16