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Dietary interventions to improve body composition in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a solution for the growing problem?

Lisa UmlauffManuel WeberNils FreitagCiaran M FairmanAxel HeidenreichWilhelm BlochMoritz Schumann
Published in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2021)
Most studies were dietary advice interventions targeting caloric restriction, which showed the potential to reduce fat mass but did not increase lean mass in men treated with ADT. Future interventions should investigate whether a combination of dietary advice and protein supplementation with concomitant resistance exercise could counteract ADT-induced muscle wasting.
Keyphrases
  • body composition
  • prostate cancer
  • physical activity
  • resistance training
  • bone mineral density
  • middle aged
  • adipose tissue
  • diabetic rats
  • postmenopausal women
  • drug delivery
  • binding protein
  • small molecule