[CONVERSATION] New research says athletes who are cutting should consume ~1.8-2.7 g per kg a day to maintain fat-free mass

vincenthchough

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25014731
Published July 11, 2014 in the European Journal of Sport Science.

I didn't have time to read the full text but the abstract looks interesting and I'd thought I'd share.
TL;DR: To maintain fat-free mass eat ~1.8-2.7g per kg a day of protein with a moderate (-500kcal) deficit and do some form of resistance training.

Edit: I do mean protein! My apologies.
 
@gbailey Like almost everyone else who posts this question, the problem was probably with your counting, TDEE calculation, or compliance. There's a ton of evidence that eating more protein helps people maintain fat-free mass but if you eat too much of anything, you will put on fat. It seems very silly to me to write off the "macronutrients game" in the face of a lot of scientific evidence when chances are high that the problem is actually something else.

Unless you have PCOS, but from your flair, I'm assuming this isn't the case.
 
@cloejb Yep, perks of being a student. I haven't read the whole thing yet (as I am supposed to be doing work not internet...oppps) but even reading the abstract says ∼1.8–2.7 g per kg total mass (or ∼2.3–3.1 g per kg lean body mass)
 
@cloejb I have access to the full study and will do a quick write up of it tonight. I was procrastinating on writing an entirely different paper when I found the article.
 
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