Discussion
FM
A small decrease in weight (5–10%) can bring about significant reductions in TAGs, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose and insulin, HcA1C, and increments in HDL-C [A systematic review examined the loss in FFM with various weight loss strategies, such as energy restriction, exercise, or surgery [The present study demonstrates that although both groups lost weight at the end of the intervention period, leucine supplementation dampened the drop in FFM and LTM associated with an energy-restricted diet (Table Other studies suggest that the extent of loss of FFM and FM with leucine supplementation may be dependent on many factors such as age, gender, health status of individuals, dosage and length of supplementation and presence of energy restriction with and without exercise [