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HIGH-PROTEIN DIET CAN HELP ATHLETES IN SPORTS LIKE MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MEET 1xbet online sports betting CLASS GOALS WITHOUT ENDANGERING HEALTH, K-STATE GRAD STUDENT IS FINDING

MANHATTAN -- From starvation diets to sauna suits, athletes in sports like mixed martial arts, wrestling and boxing often to go unhealthy extremes to meet their 1xbet online sports betting class goals.

A Kansas State University graduate student is showing them that they don't have to.

&1xbet online sports betting ;The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said numerous times that these methods are not healthy, but people still do it,&1xbet online sports betting ; said Jen Case, a K-State doctoral student in human nutrition. &1xbet online sports betting ;There's a lot of research that shows that with this group, performing in the lowest weight class possible is the mentality. You can't change it, so let's try to make it safer.&1xbet online sports betting ;

Earlier this year, 1xbet online sports betting studied active Fort Riley soldiers and Air Force cadets who came to K-State to train in combatives, a sport that combines submission wrestling with elements of kickboxing and mixed martial arts. A typical workout session is two to four hours of intense strength-building exercises and technique drills.

&1xbet online sports betting ;I wanted to show the guys a way to rapidly lose weight without these hazardous measures, and that's where a high-protein diet comes in,&1xbet online sports betting ; Case said.

She prescribed the soldiers and cadets high-protein diets suited for their desired 1xbet online sports betting class and encouraged them to eat often.

&1xbet online sports betting ;So many of them were only eating one meal a day, which for athletes is not good at all, especially if you're trying to lose weight,&1xbet online sports betting ; she said.

Then, Case looked at their performance on tests of running and explosive leg power. She found that the diet didn't negatively affect their performance as did their previous 1xbet online sports betting loss measures like starvation diets. Moreover, eating more protein helped the athletes increase lean mass rather than losing it.

Because her study was a preliminary one, 1xbet online sports betting hopes the test will be replicated with a larger sample size. She said this area of research could be useful given the growing popularity of mixed martial arts.

&1xbet online sports betting ;The more popular the sport becomes, the more people you have wanting to do it,&1xbet online sports betting ; Case said. &1xbet online sports betting ;These people are cutting weight at every level, and you need some kind of guidelines. You've got to try to get it into these guys' heads that there are better, healthier and safer ways to make weight.&1xbet online sports betting ;

Moreover, Case said this area of research could help people who aren't athletes. Most 1xbet online sports betting loss research focuses on people who are overweight, obese or sedentary, but she said these findings could help people who are already active and healthy but want to lose 1xbet online sports betting .