High-Protein Diets in Human Health
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Proteins and Amino Acids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 114
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Foundational Medical Studies, Eye Research Center, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
Interests: protein; unbalanced diets; obesity; metabolic disorders; amino acid metabolism; amino acid loss
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Maintaining a balanced diet is essential to reach and preserve a healthy metabolic status. In contrast, the consumption of an unbalanced diet is associated with the development of obesity and other metabolic alterations. Thus, the intake of unbalanced diets is associated not only with metabolic status per se but also with many diseases, from various types of cancers to neurological diseases and cognitive disfunctions, diseases associated with the locomotor system, etc. However, are unbalanced diets always a bad option?
Adequate human nutrition depends on the ingestion of many nutrients present in the diet. Proteins are indispensable macronutrients, including the essential amino acids. A protein source can vary its nutritional quality in terms of digestibility, amino acid profile, and its bioavailability. Diets high in protein have been useful for weight loss and have garnered excellent results for the control of diabetes.
Knowing the mechanism(s) through which these diets modulate metabolic and molecular pathways is crucial to understanding how unbalanced diets can affect human health. In this Special Issue of Nutrients, we will focus on how high-protein diets alter a healthy status or could be used in specific situations to improve metabolism-altered conditions.
Dr. Amany Tawfik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- protein
- unbalanced diets
- obesity
- metabolic disorders
- amino acid metabolism
- amino acid loss
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