
一項整合7項隨機對照試驗的統合分析指出,中高齡者早餐額外補充蛋白質,未明確改善肌肉量、肌力或身體功能。
一項發表於《食品科學與營養》的統合分析整理7項隨機對照試驗、共305名60歲以上成人資料,未發現早餐額外補充蛋白質能明確改善中高齡者的肌肉量、肌力或身體功能,整體證據確定性偏低。
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早餐通常是一天中蛋白質攝取較少的一餐,過去有人認為將部分蛋白質攝取提前至早餐可能有助於肌肉合成。
中高齡者常透過雞蛋、豆漿等食物補充早餐蛋白質;情境照。(圖取自Freepik)
〔編譯陳成良/綜合報導〕早餐多補充蛋白質,是否有助於中高齡者增加肌肉量?近期發表的一項系統性回顧與統合分析,整理7項隨機對照試驗、共305名60歲以上成人的資料,未發現早餐額外補充蛋白質能明確改善肌肉量、肌力或身體功能。
這項研究於7月24日刊登在國際期刊《食品科學與營養》(Food Science & Nutrition),由日本名古屋市立大學、昭和醫科大學等機構的研究者共同執行。研究團隊從醫學資料庫篩選相關文獻,納入比較早餐攝取蛋白質或胺基酸與對照組的隨機對照試驗,評估額外補充營養素是否有助於維持或增加長者肌肉量。
肌肉量握力與步行速度均未見明確改善
在納入的7項試驗中,有5項、共181人測量瘦體組織量,6項、共274人評估握力,另有3項、共157人測量下肢伸肌力量。統合分析未發現早餐額外補充蛋白質能明確改善這些指標。研究也檢視坐站測試與步行速度,同樣未發現明確差異。
研究團隊指出,早餐通常是一天中蛋白質攝取較少的一餐,因此有人提出將部分蛋白質攝取量提前至早餐,可能有助於肌肉蛋白質合成。不過,這次分析未能證實單純在早晨額外補充蛋白質,就能讓中高齡者增加肌肉量或改善身體功能。
研究另發現,在部分未搭配運動的試驗中,早餐額外攝取蛋白質或胺基酸後,受試者全天的食物攝取量有減少情形。這項結果並不代表蛋白質會造成肌肉流失,也不能據此認定早餐補充蛋白質有害,而是提醒額外補充營養素可能影響其他餐次的攝取量。
這項統合分析的試驗數量與參與人數有限,部分研究也有偏差風險,作者因此將整體證據的確定性評為偏低。研究尚不足以判定早餐額外補充蛋白質對長者肌肉健康是否具有實際效益,仍需更多規模較大、設計更嚴謹的隨機對照試驗確認。

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