Dietary Whey Protein Decreases Food Intake and Body Fat in Rats

• Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 1568 - 1573
• Main Authors: Zhou, June, Keenan, Michael J., Losso, Jack N., Raggio, Anne M., Shen, Li, McCutcheon, Kathleen L., Tulley, Richard T., Blackman, Marc R., Martin, Roy J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Adipose Tissue - drug effects; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Animals; Body fat; Diet; Dietary Proteins - pharmacology; Energy Intake - drug effects; Energy Metabolism - drug effects; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 - blood; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Male; Milk Proteins - pharmacology; Nitrogen - metabolism; Proteins; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Rodents; Soybean Proteins - pharmacology; Weight Gain - drug effects; Whey Proteins

We investigated the effects of dietary whey protein on food intake, body fat, and body weight gain in rats. Adult (11–12 week) male Sprague‐Dawley rats were divided into three dietary treatment groups for a 10‐week study: control. Whey protein (HP‐W), or high‐protein content control (HP‐S). Albumin...