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

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    Nutrition and Exercise Lab, DSB, University of Padova

    Padua, Italy, 35131