The impact of a high-protein diet with strength training on the gastrointestinal microbiota in community-dwelling older adults: subanalysis of a randomized controlled trial
The findings suggest that increasing protein intake via food sources up to 1.6 g/kg body weight for more than 4 months, with or without strength training, does not adversely affect the GI microbiota composition in older adults.
Authors
- Sandra Unterberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-637X)
- Maria Barbara Kapeller
- David Berry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-0182)
- B. Franzke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6762-2777)
- Eva-Maria Strasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1044-5487)
- Rudolf Aschauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-7123)
- Patrick A. Zöhrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6952-2881)
- Agnes Draxler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-4149)
- Sophie Somloi
- Karl‐Heinz Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-7265)
- Petra Pjevac
- Teresa Bauer
- Barbara Wessner
- Stefanie Reichstam
- Cornelia Heinz
- Bela Hausmann
Institutions
- University of Vienna (AT)
- Hochschule Campus Wien (AT)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research (AT)
- Ecologie microbienne (FR)
- Karl Landsteiner Society (AT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1712451
- Primary Topic
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universität Wien
- Interreg