Case Study: Body Composition Changes Resulting from a Nutritional Intervention on a Professional Vegan Powerlifter
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Title: | Case Study: Body Composition Changes Resulting from a Nutritional Intervention on a Professional Vegan Powerlifter |
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Authors: | Hernández-Martínez, Carlos | Fernández Rodríguez, Lars | Soriano, Marcos Antonio | Martínez Sanz, José Miguel |
Research Group/s: | Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Keywords: | Vegan | Powerlifting | Body composition | Anthropometry |
Knowledge Area: | Enfermería |
Issue Date: | 4-Dec-2020 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Hernández-Martínez C, Fernández-Rodríguez L, Soriano MA, Martínez-Sanz JM. Case Study: Body Composition Changes Resulting from a Nutritional Intervention on a Professional Vegan Powerlifter. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(23):8675. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238675 |
Abstract: | Powerlifting is a weight-class strength sport where achieving low fat mass (FM) and high fat-free mass (FFM) is desirable to improve performance. Recent studies have evaluated the nutritional considerations of different eating patterns, such as vegan diets (VD), in athlete populations. VD are a challenge for athletes who want to attain body composition changes. The aim of this case study is to report on the body composition changes and subjective feelings of a male professional vegan powerlifter following VD for six weeks. The body mass of the powerlifter decreased from 79.3 to 77.4 kg (2.39%). Along with this, FM decreased from 15.0 to 11.4 kg (24%). Conversely, FFM increased from 64.3 to 66.0 kg (2.64%). Moreover, the powerlifter communicated no subjective feelings of low energy availability during training sessions. The VD might compromise adherence in a nutritional intervention which aims to improve body composition due to the nutritional requirements for fat loss. Therefore, more appropriate health assessments, including blood and psychological tests, are required for professional athletes. This short-term VD intervention was satisfactory for improving body composition and no adverse outcomes were reported. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/110711 |
ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
DOI: | 10.3390/app10238675 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238675 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - ALINUT - Artículos de Revistas |
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