Table 1.
Menu and timetable of participant’s meals between BCAA-restricted diet and control diet.
| Diet | Control Diet | BCAA-Restricted Diet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menu | Food | Supplement | Food | Supplement |
| Breakfast | Loprofin sliced loaf with peanut butter. | 34% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu and Gly. | Loprofin sliced loaf with peanut butter. | 34% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu, Gly, Iso, Leu and Val. |
| Snack 1 | Apple and cinnamon muffin made with Loprofin mix. | No supplement taken. | Apple and cinnamon muffin made with Loprofin mix. | No supplement taken. |
| Lunch | Carrot and coriander soup made with Snowpro with a cheese sandwich. | 21% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu and Gly. | Carrot and coriander soup made with Snowpro with a cheese sandwich. | 21% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu, Gly, Iso, Leu and Val. |
| Snack 2 | Apple and cinnamon muffin made with Loprofin mix. | No supplement taken. | Apple and cinnamon muffin made with Loprofin mix. | No supplement taken. |
| Dinner | Vegetable curry with either Loprofin rice (or pasta). | 26% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu and Gly. | Vegetable curry with either Loprofin rice (or pasta). | 26% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu, Gly, Iso, Leu and Val. |
| Snack 3 | Mixed chocolate and almond snack. | 19% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu and Gly. | Mixed chocolate and almond snack. | 19% of daily amount to be consumed. Each sachet contains Asn, Glu, Gly, Iso, Leu and Val. |
BCAA, branched-chain amino acid, Asn, asparagine, Glu, glutamine, Gly, glycine, Iso, isoleucine, Leu, leucine, Val, Valine.