Contrary to the Conclusions Stated in the Paper, Only Dry Fat-Free Mass Was Different between Groups upon Reanalysis. Comment on: "Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat-Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals. A Randomized Controlled Trial"

Jackson Peos; Andrew W Brown; Colby J Vorland; David B Allison; Amanda Sainsbury

doi:10.3390/jfmk5040085

Contrary to the Conclusions Stated in the Paper, Only Dry Fat-Free Mass Was Different between Groups upon Reanalysis. Comment on: "Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat-Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals. A Randomized Controlled Trial"

J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2020 Nov 20;5(4):85. doi: 10.3390/jfmk5040085.

Authors

Jackson Peos¹, Andrew W Brown², Colby J Vorland², David B Allison³, Amanda Sainsbury¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Science, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
² Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.

Abstract

Campbell and colleagues recently published a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects of diets involving intermittent energy restriction versus continuous energy restriction on changes in body composition and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in resistance-trained adults[...].

Keywords: athlete; caloric restriction; diet; diet break; fat loss; lean mass; nutrition; refeed; resting energy expenditure; resting metabolic rate; sports nutrition; weight loss.

Grants and funding

R25 HL124208/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States