Beta-Alanine and Reduced Body 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

  • Reduced Body Mass

  • High evidence

  Pooled effect size from 20 studies indicated that beta-alanine supplementation has no effect on body mass (WMD: -0.15 kg; 95% CI: -0.78 to 0.47; p = 0.631, I² = 0.0%, p = 0.998)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• Effects of Different Dietary Supplements on Swimming Performance: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

  • 2024-12-26
  • Systematic Review
  • Nutrients 17(1)
  • • Dongxiang Huang
    • Xiaobing Wang
    • Hideki Takagi
    • Shiwei Mo
    • Zhongzheng Wang
    • Daniel Hung-Kay Chow
    • Bo Huang

  • PubMed: 39796467
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu17010033

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Mass

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  No prominent differences were noted among the interventions in 50 m time, 200 m time, heart rate, and body mass.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No