Soy Protein and Maintained Calf Circumference

• Effects of soy protein-rich meals on muscle health of older adults in long-term care: A randomized clinical trial.

  • 2024-10
  • RCT · n = 84
  • Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 126
  • • Wuke Yuan
    • Min Chen
    • Yanqiu Chen
    • Danfeng Xu
    • Zhen Li
    • Huijing Bai
    • Qi Xu
    • Yuanrong Jiang
    • Jie Gu
    • Shengqi Li
    • Chenxi Su
    • Lili Gu
    • Jiaxin Fang
    • Xinyao Zhu
    • Jianqin Sun
    • Jie Chen

  • PubMed: 39003895
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2024.112507

  6 Insights on

  • Maintained Calf Circumference

  • High evidence
  • Elderly

  calf circumference decreased significantly in the control group (mean, -0.98 cm; 95% CI: -1.61 to -0.36 cm) but was maintained in the intervention group

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  30 g of soy protein (10 g/meal) per day