L-Citrulline and Reduced Visceral Fat

• High intensity interval training combined with L-citrulline supplementation: Effects on physical performance in healthy older adults.

  • 2020-10
  • Review · n = 23
  • Experimental gerontology 140
  • • Buckinx F
    • Carvalho L P
    • Marcangeli V
    • Dulac M
    • Hajj Boutros G
    • Gouspillou G
    • Gaudreau P
    • Noirez P
    • Aubertin-Leheudre M

  • PubMed: 32721549
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111036

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Visceral Fat

  • High evidence
  • Elderly

  The decrease in ... android fat mass (p = 0.05) were significantly greater in the HIIT+CIT group than in the HIIT+PLA group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  10 g/day

• Synergistic effect of long-term L-citruline supplementation combined with exercise on body composition in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2026-06
  • Review
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 98
  • • Weizheng Wang
    • Shanshan Cai
    • Kang Liu
    • Ping Luo

  • PubMed: 41786156
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2026.103339

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Visceral Fat

  • Low evidence
  • Adults

  L-citrulline supplementation combined with exercise significantly improved ... AFM (SMD = -0.32, 95% CI: -0.57 to -0.07, P = 0.01)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes