Research Article

A High Protein Diet Has No Harmful Effects: A One-Year Crossover Study in Resistance-Trained Males

Table 1

Body composition and training volume.

BaselineNormalHigh

Weight kg84.05 ± 10.2084.55 ± 10.7385.18 ± 11.04
Fat mass kg11.42 ± 3.1312.39 ± 3.8512.30 ± 3.26
FFM kg72.63 ± 9.1972.15 ± 8.4172.73 ± 9.65
% body fat13.59 ± 3.2114.48 ± 3.4814.49 ± 3.59
Volume load50,160 ± 17,51048,684 ± 19,43651,023 ± 20224

Data are mean ± SD. There were no significant differences between groups. Volume load is equal to the mean total amount of weight lifted (kg) each week.