When people who lost weight eat more protein, their bodies use more of that protein for energy and repair, rather than storing it.

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High Compared with Moderate Protein Intake Reduces Adaptive Thermogenesis and Induces a Negative Energy Balance during Long-term Weight-Loss Maintenance in Participants with Prediabetes in the Postobese State: A PREVIEW Study

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2020 Mar 1

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High Compared with Moderate Protein Intake Reduces Adaptive Thermogenesis and Induces a Negative Energy Balance during Long-term Weight-Loss Maintenance in Participants with Prediabetes in the Postobese State: A PREVIEW Study

Score: 60

DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz281

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