Protein intake is useful for enhancing fat loss. Protein promotes satiety and helps preserve muscle mass during weight loss. Protein-rich foods are useful for replacing foods that are higher in calories. Some of the following studies are cited in the book The Fat Loss Bible by Anthony Colpo.
A high-protein diet induces sustained reductions in appetite, ad libitum caloric intake, and body weight despite compensatory changes in diurnal plasma leptin and ghrelin concentrations. (Link)
A randomized trial of a hypocaloric high-protein diet, with and without exercise, on weight loss, fitness, and markers of the Metabolic Syndrome in overweight and obese women. (Link)
A whey-protein supplement increases fat loss and spares lean muscle in obese subjects: a randomized human clinical study. (Link)
Comparison of high protein and high fiber weight-loss diets in women with risk factors for the metabolic syndrome: a randomized trial. (Link)
Dietary L: -leucine and L: -alanine supplementation have similar acute effects in the prevention of high-fat diet-induced obesity. (Link)
Dietary thermogenesis in obesity. Response to carbohydrate and protein meals: the effect of beta-adrenergic blockade and semistarvation. (Link)
Diets with high or low protein content and glycemic index for weight-loss maintenance. (Link)
Effect of a high-protein, energy-restricted diet on body composition, glycemic control, and lipid concentrations in overweight and obese hyperinsulinemic men and women. (Link)
Effects of a high-protein meal (meat) and a high-carbohydrate meal (vegetarian) on satiety measured by automated computerized monitoring of subsequent food intake, motivation to eat and food preferences. (Link)
Effects of variation in protein and carbohydrate intake on body mass and composition during energy restriction: a meta-regression 1. (Link)
Factors influencing the composition of the weight lost by obese patients on a reducing diet. (Link)
High protein diets decrease total and abdominal fat and improve CVD risk profile in overweight and obese men and women with elevated triacylglycerol. (Link)
High protein intake sustains weight maintenance after body weight loss in humans. (Link)
High-protein, low-fat diets are effective for weight loss and favorably alter biomarkers in healthy adults. (Link)
Higher protein intake preserves lean mass and satiety with weight loss in pre-obese and obese women. (Link)
Hypocaloric high-protein diet improves glucose oxidation and spares lean body mass: comparison to hypocaloric high-carbohydrate diet. (Link)
Inadequate dietary protein increases hunger and desire to eat in younger and older men. (Link)
Increased consumption of dairy foods and protein during diet- and exercise-induced weight loss promotes fat mass loss and lean mass gain in overweight and obese premenopausal women. (Link)
Long-term high animal protein diet reduces body weight gain and insulin secretion in diet-induced obese rats. (Link)
Postprandial thermogenesis is increased 100% on a high-protein, low-fat diet versus a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet in healthy, young women. (Link)
Protein intake induced an increase in exercise stimulated fat oxidation during stable body weight. (Link)
Quality protein intake is inversely related with abdominal fat. (Link)
Randomized trial on protein vs carbohydrate in ad libitum fat reduced diet for the treatment of obesity. (Link)
The effects of consuming frequent, higher protein meals on appetite and satiety during weight loss in overweight/obese men. (Link)
The influence of thermic effect of food on satiety. (Link)
