Whey Protein and Reduced Lean Body Mass Loss

• The role of whey protein supplementation after one-anastomosis gastric bypass: Results of a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

  • 2025-10
  • RCT
  • Clinical nutrition ESPEN 69
  • • Keivan Sabooni
    • Farnaz Farsi
    • Shiva Safari
    • Mohammad Mahjoubi
    • Amir Hossein Davarpanah Jazi
    • Delaram Moosavi
    • Zahra Gholi
    • Mohammad Kermansaravi
    • Shahab Shahabi

  • PubMed: 40744414
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2025.07.1122

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Lean Body Mass Loss

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  the whey protein group exhibited significantly lower reductions in fat-free mass, muscle mass, and total body water compared to the placebo group (p < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  2 × 15 g scoops; ~22.6 g protein/day