Macro partitioning
Whey protein supplementation (30g/day for 8 weeks) preserves fat-free mass and reduces fat mass more effectively than maltodextrin in women 18-24 months post-bariatric surgery.
If you had bariatric surgery recently, standard protein intake might not be enough to keep your muscle while losing fat. Adding 30g of whey protein daily for at least two months can help you lose more fat and keep more muscle than just eating your regular diet, even if your total protein grams look similar to others.
After the eight weeks of the experiment, there was an increase in lean Mass and a reduction of fat Mass and fat percentage in the Whey group compared with the initial time, a result not seen in the control group.
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial but with a small sample size (34 completers) and early termination due to the pandemic.
Source
Effect of whey protein supplementation on body composition of patients undergoing bariatric surgery
Hirla Karen Fialho Henriques et al. · Journal Archives of Health · 2023
DOI 10.46919/archv4n1-005
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