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Table 1 Energy and macronutrient intake during calorie restriction intervention

From: Calorie restriction regime enhances physical performance of trained athletes

 

Pre-RC

Post-RC

Energy (Kcal)

2292 ± 137

1537 ± 84 *

Carbohydrate (CHO) (g/day)

230 ± 16

155 ± 2.0 *

Polysaccharide (g/day)

121 ± 10

80.6 ± 7.3*

Simple CHO (g/day)

82.7 ± 9.0

62.2 ± 4.9*

CHO/Bogy weight (g/Kg)

2.8 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.15*

Protein (g/day)

103 ± 5.0

77.0 ± 3.7 *

Animal (% Protein)

70.8 ± 3.8

71.5 ± 4.7

Vegetal (% Protein)

29.2 ± 7.9

28.5 ± 6.1

Protein/Body weight (g/Kg)

1.2 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.05*

Lipids (g/day)

97.3 ± 6.6

63.3 ± 5.0 *

SFA (% Lipids)

37.7 ± 1.2

35.3 ± 1.3

MUFA (% Lipids)

44.7 ± 1.8

48.9 ± 1.1 *

PUFA (% Lipids)

17.5 ± 2.9

15.8 ± 5.1

Cholesterol (mg/day)

374 ± 2.4

245 ± 1.7 *

  1. Pre-RC and Post-RC: previous and at the end of calorie restriction intervention. Statistical analysis: Student’s test for unpaired data. (*) Significant differences between placebo and experimental, p < 0.05