Whey Protein and Improved Physical Performance

• Independent effects of whey protein and alkali supplementation on muscle health in healthy older adults: factorial randomized controlled trial.

  • 2026-05
  • RCT · n = 128
  • The American journal of clinical nutrition 123(5)
  • • Lisa Ceglia
    • Elsa Konieczynski
    • Elise Danico
    • Ludovic Trinquart
    • Benjamin Koethe
    • Qingyan Xiang
    • Roger A Fielding
    • William J Evans
    • Mahalakshmi Shankaran
    • Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • PubMed: 41780731
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101257

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Physical Performance

  • High evidence
  • Large Human Trial
  • Elderly

  No group differences were noted in physical performance

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  1.5 g/kg/d