X-Message-Number: 12036
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: fat loss with (mostly) leucine

Authors
  Mourier A.  Bigard AX.  de Kerviler E.  Roger B.  Legrand H.  Guezennec CY.
Institution
  Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Medecine Aerospatiale, Departement de
  Physiologie Systemique, Bretigny-sur-orge, France.
Title
  Combined effects of caloric
  restriction and branched-chain amino acid supplementation on
  body composition and exercise performance in elite wrestlers.
Source
  International Journal of Sports Medicine.  18(1):47-55, 1997 Jan.
Abstract
  Twenty-five competitive wrestlers restricted their caloric
  intake (28 kcal.kg-1.day-1) for 19 days, using a hypocaloric
  control (hC, n = 6), hypocaloric high-protein (hHP, n = 7),
  hypocaloric high-branched-chain amino acid (hBCAA, n = 6),
  hypocaloric low-protein (hLP, n = 6) diet to determine the
  effects of caloric
  restriction on body composition and performances versus
  control diet (C, n = 6). Anthropometric parameters (weight, percent body fat)
  and adipose tissue (AT) distribution measured by magnetic resonance imaging
  (MRI) obtained before and after diet, were compared. A significant highest
  body weight loss (-4 kg, p < 0.05) and decrease in the percent of body fat
  (-17.3%, p < 0.05) were observed for subjects of the hBCAA group. Subjects of
  the hBCAA group exhibited a significant reduction (-34.4%, p < 0.05) in
  abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT). There was no change in aerobic
  (VO2max) (p > 0.75) and anaerobic capacities (Wingate test) (p > 0.81), and
  in muscular strength (p > 0.82). We conclude that under our experimental
  conditions, the combination of moderate energy restriction
  and BCAA supplementation induced significant and preferential losses of VAT,
  and allowed maintainance of a high level of performance.

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