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. 2017 Oct 25;147(12):2338–2346. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.255554

TABLE 3.

Daily food cravings on the clinical testing day 6 after the study treatments in healthy, overweight women1

NP-PLANT NP-BEEF HP-BEEF
Daily food cravings for
 High-fat foods 1.17 ± 0.08 1.13 ± 0.07 1.04 ± 0.02
 Sweets 1.60 ± 0.14 1.58 ± 0.14 1.48 ± 0.13
 High-carbohydrate foods 1.19 ± 0.09 1.19 ± 0.09 1.10 ± 0.04
 Fast-food fats 1.56 ± 0.18a 1.40 ± 0.13a 1.15 ± 0.05b
Total cravings 1.36 ± 0.10a 1.31 ± 0.09a,b 1.20 ± 0.05b
1

Values are mean ± SEM arbitrary units, n = 17. Labeled means in a row without a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.0125. HP-BEEF, higher-protein beef diet (60% of protein from beef and 40% from plant sources); NP-BEEF, normal-protein diet (60% of protein from beef and 40% from plant sources); NP-PLANT, normal-protein plant diet (100% of protein from plant sources).