Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Body Composition and Performance in Soccer Players
Lead Sponsor:
Antonio Paoli
Conditions:
Athletic Performance
Eligibility:
MALE
18-30 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A ketogenic diet (KD) is a nutritional approach, usually adopted for weight loss, that restricts daily carbohydrates under 30 g/day. KD showed contradictory results on sport performance, whilst no dat...
Detailed Description
Sixteen semi-professional soccer players will be randomly assigned to a ketogenic diet (KD n=8) or to a western diet (WD n=8). Diets contain the same amount of protein (1.8g/Kg body weight/day). Body ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- semiprofessional soccer players
- male
- Exclusion Criteria:
- body fat percentage over 32%, (determined via dual energy X-ray absorptiometry DEXA),
- cardiovascular,
- respiratory, gastrointestinal,
- thyroid or any other metabolic diseases,
- weight change more than 2 Kg over the last month,
- adherence to special diets,
- use of nutritional supplements (except a daily multivitamin-mineral)
- use of medication to control blood lipids or glucose and goal-keepers.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 2 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 15 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04078971
Start Date
May 2 2018
End Date
December 15 2018
Last Update
September 6 2019
Active Locations (1)
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1
Nutrition and Exercise Lab, DSB, University of Padova
Padua, Italy, 35131