L-Leucine and Reduced Body Weight

• Efficacy of L-Leucine Supplementation Coupled with a Calorie-Restricted Diet to Promote Weight Loss in Mid-Life Women.

  • 2020-10-08
  • RCT · n = 34
  • Journal of the American College of Nutrition 40(8)
  • • LesLee Funderburk
    • Jeffery Heileson
    • Matthew Peterson
    • Darryn S Willoughby

  • PubMed: 33030983
  • DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2020.1815607

  7 Insights on

  • Reduced Body Weight

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  Both groups lost a significant amount of weight due to both fat and lean mass loss, but there was no significant difference between groups

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  10 g/day