Beta-Alanine and Increased Fat-Free Mass

• Effects of beta-alanine supplementation on body composition: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2022-05-31
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 492
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 19(1)
  • • Damoon Ashtary-Larky
    • Reza Bagheri
    • Matin Ghanavati
    • Omid Asbaghi
    • Alexei Wong
    • Jeffrey R Stout
    • Katsuhiko Suzuki

  • PubMed: 35813845
  • DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2022.2079384

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Fat-Free Mass

  • High evidence

  beta-alanine supplementation has no effect on fat-free mass (FFM) (WMD: 0.05 kg; 95% CI: -0.71 to 0.82; p = 0.889, I² = 0.0%, p = 0.912)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No