Effects of 30 days of ketogenic diet on body composition, muscle strength, muscle area, metabolism, and performance in semi-professional soccer players

• Main Authors: A. Antonio Paoli (Author), Laura Mancin (Author), Massimiliano Caprio (Author), Elena Monti (Author), Marco V. Narici (Author), Lorenzo Cenci (Author), Fabio Piccini (Author), Matteo Pincella (Author), Davide Grigoletto (Author), Giuseppe Marcolin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background 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 data are available on team sports. We sought to investigate the influence of a KD on differe...