Research Continues To Show Fat Fighting Potential With Whey Protein

New research is showing that supplementation with whey protein may improve your blood lipid profiles and reduce your levels of liver fat by 20%.


A study published in the journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that four weeks of supplementation with whey protein may significantly reduce the markers of fatty liver disease in obese women.  This is accomplished by reducing the amount of fat inside liver cells.  It also showed that key markers of blood lipid profiles which measure risk for heart disease were also improved.

Fatty liver disease is more frequent in obese patients and is also the hepatic component of metabolic syndrome.   It is associated with health issues such as insulin resistance, poor glucose tolerance and high levels of blood lipids.

Other studies similar to this have indicated that higher whey protein intakes may have beneficial effects for fatty liver disease.  

Bortolotti and colleagues wanted to test this hypothesis  so they studied the effects of 4 weeks of supplementation with 60 grams per day of whey protein in obese non-diabetic females.  They consumed 3 shakes per day with 20 grams of whey protein each time.

All the obese participants had BMIs between 20.9 and 52.4 and fat concentrations in their liver was between 1.9 and 20.5 percent of liver volume.

After four weeks of whey protein supplementation  the participants liver fat concentrations decreased by 21 percent and their fasting plasma triglyceride levels decreased by 15 percent.  Their total cholesterol concentration also decreased by over 7 percent.

According to this study it was concluded that whey protein supplementation improved the markers of fatty liver disease and plasma lipid profiles in obese non-diabetic patients.
 

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Source:

Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.01.006
“Effects of a whey protein supplementation on intrahepatocellular lipids in obese female patients”
Authors: M. Bortolotti, E. Maiolo, M. Corazza, E. Van Dijke, P. Schneiter, A. Boss et al