Thread by @nick_krontiris

This one found Spanish university students with a higher meat consumption to be more likely to have a higher muscle strength index, but with total protein intake and lean mass completely mediating this effect.

- University students with high meat (total, red, processed, and white and fish) consumption were more likely to have a higher muscle strength index than their peers with lower meat consumption.

- When total protein intake and lean mass percent were added to the statistical model, these associations lost statistical significance.

- Interestingly, no association between processed meat consumption and lean mass percent was observed.

- "More importantly, with respect to the benefits for muscle function and body composition, our data suggest that the consumption of white and fish meat contributes in the same way as red or processed meat through the mediation of total protein intake and lean mass percentage...

"...In fact, the additional mediation analyses through this same pathway indicate a greater effect of white and fish meat consumption on muscle strength than red or processed meat consumption...

"...Thus, our findings agree with dietary guidelines of healthy diets such as the Mediterranean diet, which recommends the preferential consumption of white and fish meat over the consumption of red or processed meat."

The association between meat consumption and muscle strength index in young adults: the mediating role of total protein intake and lean mass percentage

doi.org/10.1007/s00394…

#nutrition #diet #protein #exercise #muscle #strength #lift #GetStrong