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Macro partitioning
Consuming more than 20g of dietary protein at two or more meals per day is associated with higher grip strength compared to consuming less than 20g at zero meals.
Try to include at least 20g of protein in two or more of your daily meals. This pattern is linked to stronger grip strength, suggesting better muscle maintenance.
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Grip strength also increased (p < 0.05) with increasing the number of meal occasions containing > 20 g of dietary protein... and significant increases were detected for two meals compared to zero meals.
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Observational cross-sectional data.
Source
Association of Dietary Protein Intake and Grip Strength Among Adults Aged 19+ Years: NHANES 2011–2014 Analysis
Matthew A. Pikosky et al. · Frontiers in Nutrition · 2022
DOI 10.3389/fnut.2022.873512
cross_sectional · n=9214Cited 22×
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