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L-arginineFinding

L-arginine has no detected effect on body mass

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“No significant effect of l-arginine supplementation was found on weight, BMI, BFM and LBM.”

Quoted verbatim from The effect of l-arginine supplementation on body composition and performance in male athletes: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial.

This finding among the 67 findings on its endpoint

L-arginine

Body mass

no difference found

Who: Male soccer players aged 16-35 years in Isfahan, Iran
Dose studied: 2 g/day l-arginine for 45 days

Very limited evidencePMID 28120856 · 2017

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 6 weeks

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderate
limited
very limitedthis finding
insufficient

03 · The paper

European journal of clinical nutrition

The effect of l-arginine supplementation on body composition and performance in male athletes: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial.

2017PMID 28120856doi 10.1038/ejcn.2016.266

What else it reported2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Z9XWG79Z7YG28MGY80B01W