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Effect of Chronic Endurance Exercise on Retention of Dietary Protein

Friedman, J., Lemon, P.·1989·International Journal of Sports Medicine

Abstract

On two separate occasions, five well-trained endurance runners (VO2max = 71 +/- 5 ml/kg/min; means +/- SD) consumed a meat-free diet for 6 days. For one trial the subjects consumed the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of protein (REC-PRO = 0.86 +/- 0.23 g/kg body wt/day). Protein intake for the other trial was 1.7 times higher (HI-PRO = 1.49 +/- 0.29 g/kg body wt/day). Each subject followed his regular training program (12-16 km running/day), and on day 5 of each diet completed a treadmill run at a similar intensity and duration (75 min at 72% VO2max). Seventy-two hour urinary urea N loss (days 4, 5, and 6 of each diet) and day 5 exercise sweat urea N excretion were measured. Serum urea N and creatinine increased significantly during the treadmill run under both dietary conditions (P less than 0.05). No significances between diet differences were observed in sweat or urinary urea N excretion; however, excretion of both tended to be higher on the REC-PRO diet than on the HI-PRO diet. The differences in protein intake combined with the nitrogen excretion measures resulted in significant differences in estimated whole-body nitrogen retention between the two treatments. Nitrogen retention (means +/- SE) remained positive during the HI-PRO trial (2.41 +/- 1.99 g/day) but was significantly (P less than 0.005) reduced to -5.29 +/- 2.58 g/day during the REC-PRO trial. These results suggest that the current protein RDA may be inadequate for athletes engaging in chronic high-intensity endurance exercise. Future studies are needed to confirm this observation.

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Authors
Friedman, J., & Lemon, P.
Affiliations
Kent State University (US)
Venue
International Journal of Sports Medicine
Published
1989-04
Volume
10
Issue
02
Pages
118-123
ISSN
  • 0172-4622 (ISSN-L)
  • 1439-3964
OpenAlex
W2042514113
Cited by
95
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
FWCI
1.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
Keywords
protein intake, nitrogen retention, endurance exercise, protein requirements, RDA, meatless diet, urinary urea nitrogen, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, endurance runners, high-intensity exercise
MeSH terms
Adult, Amino Acids, Dietary Proteins, Humans, Male, Nitrogen, Physical Endurance, Running

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