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Fish Oil and Whey Protein: study protocols

6 study groups took Fish Oil together with Whey Protein. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Fish Oil: what the research found →

Dose per serving from research: Fish Oil

6 study groups in 6 studies say how much Fish Oil participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 1 g to 2.5 g, 67% of 6 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
1 g to 2.5 g
4
2.5 g to 5 g
2

Dose per serving from research: Whey Protein

5 study groups in 5 studies say how much Whey Protein participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 10 g to 25 g, 80% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
10 g or less
1
10 g to 25 g
4

Commonly used together

5 of 6 study groups took Fish Oil and Whey Protein with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Vitamin D
3

6 study groups

Study
Interindividual variability in response to protein and fish oil supplementation in older adults: a randomized controlled trial
2022 · LEU-PRO + n-3 · Adults aged 65 years or older at risk of sarcopenia; men and women
3.8 g21.2 g24 weeks30
A Five-Ingredient Nutritional Supplement and Home-Based Resistance Exercise Improve Lean Mass and Strength in Free-Living Elderly
2020 · Muscle5 (M5) · Sedentary or low-active, free-living men aged 65 years or older, with normal to class 1/low-risk obesity and varying degrees of age-related muscle loss
2.46 g24 g12 weeks22
Obesity and Metabolic Disease Impair the Anabolic Response to Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise: A Retrospective Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial with Implications for Aging, Sarcopenic Obesity, and Weight Management
2024 · Muscle 5 (M5) · Men aged 66–91 years; older, sedentary or low-active participants, with the subgroup analysis including overweight or obese men with at least one additional metabolic-syndrome risk factor
2.46 g24 g12 weeks16
Supplementation with Whey Protein, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Polyphenols Combined with Electrical Muscle Stimulation Increases Muscle Strength in Elderly Adults with Limited Mobility: A Randomized Controlled Trial
2020 · WPI + BIO · Adults aged 60–90 with mobility limitations and gait speed below 1.5 m/s
1.5 g20 g12 weeks10
The Effect of Fish Oil, Vitamin D and Protein on URTI Incidence in Young Active People
2015 · supplementation · Young recreational athletes; age and sex not specified; healthy active population
1.1 g8 g16 weeks—
Fish oil supplementation suppresses resistance exercise and feeding-induced increases in anabolic signaling without affecting myofibrillar protein synthesis in young men
2016 · Fish oil (FO) group · Resistance-trained men aged 21–24 years
5 g—8 weeks9
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