Taking extra protein shakes after losing weight doesn’t help you keep the weight off any better than eating the normal amount of protein in your daily diet.

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Protein supplements after weight loss do not improve weight maintenance compared with recommended dietary protein intake despite beneficial effects on appetite sensation and energy expenditure: a randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial.

Randomized Controlled Trial

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2017 Aug

Scientists tested if drinking protein shakes after losing weight helps keep the weight off, and found that people who took protein shakes regained about the same amount of weight as those who ate normal amounts of protein—so the shakes didn’t help.

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Protein supplements after weight loss do not improve weight maintenance compared with recommended dietary protein intake despite beneficial effects on appetite sensation and energy expenditure: a randomized, controlled, double-blinded trial.

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DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.129528

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