Relationship Between High Protein Diet And Weight Loss

Based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Health survey from 2011 to 2012, there were more than 50% of Australian adults are overweight or obese and the rate is steadily rising from the past ten years (1). Obesity is a common risk factor to some chronic disease such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers (1). Also, the continuous increasing of the body weight in the general population that can obstruct to manage those chronic diseases. Some earlier studies indicated more than 5% of body weight loss can reduce the incidence and risk of developing those diseases, so a successful weight loss therapy is required (2).
Recent evidence has been shown protein provide more satiating than intake the same amount of carbohydrate and high protein diet is likely to reduce appetite and decrease subsequent energy intake …show more content…
Energy intake on breakfast; 2. Energy intake on lunch; 3. The food record of the rest of that day.
For the metabolic marker, there will be 8 time points for collection the blood sample throughout each testing day. Firstly, the blood is collected 5 minutes before intake the breakfast. After that, the blood samples are collected in 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 mins after finishing the breakfast.
Diet: Subjects will be randomly assigned to consume the high protein diet or the high carbohydrate diet on breakfast. Both meals contain the same energy content and each breakfast was match 20% of each participant energy requirement. High protein breakfast which contain 60% of protein, 20% carbohydrate and 20% of fat and the high carbohydrate breakfast that contain 60% carbohydrate, 20% protein and 20 % of fat. All breakfast will prescribed by chief investigator
Data analysis: A paired t-test will be used to perform the difference of data in two different diet interventions. Significance was set at P<0.05. Date were presented as