Whey Protein and Reduced Triglyceride Levels

• Impact of whey protein on lipid profiles: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2025-06
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,638
  • Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD 35(6)
  • • Ibrahim Saeed Gataa
    • Z Abdullah
    • María Verónica González Cabrera
    • RenukaJyothi S
    • Seema Verma
    • Isha Arora
    • Mekha Monsi
    • Khursheed Muzammil
    • Rahadian Zainul

  • PubMed: 39939251
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2025.103858

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Triglyceride Levels

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  The current meta-analysis demonstrates a significant reduction in TG (WMD: -12.21 mg/dL; %95CI: -20.16, -4.26; P = 0.003).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

• The effects of whey protein supplementation on indices of cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-01
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) 44
  • • Konstantinos Prokopidis
    • Paul T Morgan
    • Nicola Veronese
    • Jordi Morwani-Mangnani
    • Konstantinos K Triantafyllidis
    • Konstantinos S Kechagias
    • Justin Roberts
    • Christopher Hurst
    • Emma Stevenson
    • Dimitris Vlachopoulos
    • Oliver C Witard

  • PubMed: 39647241
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2024.12.003

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Triglyceride Levels

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  Whey protein supplementation of ≥12 weeks was associated with reduced triglyceride levels (MD: -6.61, 95 % CI: -11.06 to -2.17, I2 = 70 %, P < 0.01).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes