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July 31, 2025

High-Protein Dietary Interventions in Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Clinical and Functional Outcomes.

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LELorraine S. EvangelistaRMRebecca MerazKWKelly L. Wierenga

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Overview

Systematic review demonstrates high-protein diets improve functional capacity and clinical outcomes in heart failure, suggesting beneficial effects on muscle strength.

Key Points

  • High-protein dietary interventions yielded an average increase of +32 meters in six-minute walk distance for heart failure patients.
  • Interventions resulted in a mean gain of +1.6 kg in lean body mass and a 9% enhancement in quality-of-life scores.
  • Only two out of ten trials showed a low risk of bias, while several trials had limitations with small sample sizes and varied protein dosing.
  • High-protein strategies may lower heart failure readmissions by 18%, indicating potential for improved clinical outcomes in treated patients.

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Evangelista et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0c5fe6551bb0af8cf6d4https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17142361
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