Table 2.

Average dietary intake during a habitual period and during 1 wk of unilateral leg immobilization

	CON		DAM
	Pre	During	Pre	During
Energy, MJ	11.0 ± 0.6	11.3 ± 3.0	12.0 ± 1.0	9.6 ± 1.1
Energy, Kcal	2,618 ± 153	2,689 ± 171	2,862 ± 237	2,283 ± 252
Protein, g·day−1	120 ± 6	111 ± 7	119 ± 13	98 ± 14
Protein, g·kgBM·day−1	1.7 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.1
Protein, %En	19 ± 1	17 ± 1	17 ± 1	18 ± 1
Carbohydrate, g·day−1	293 ± 23	311 ± 24	288 ± 29	254 ± 26
Carbohydrate, %En	45 ± 2	46 ± 2	41 ± 3	45 ± 3
Fat, g·day−1	103 ± 8	108 ± 8	123 ± 12	97 ± 11
Fat, %En	35 ± 2	36 ± 2	38 ± 2	36 ± 2

Values are represented as means ± SE. CON participants performed no eccentric contractions (n = 11), whereas DAM (n = 10) participants performed 300 maximal eccentric muscle damaging knee extensor contractions in both legs immediately prior to the start of a 7-day unilateral leg immobilization period. “Pre” represents average 3-day dietary intake before immobilization; “During” represents average dietary intake during the first and last 2 days of immobilization. No significant differences were observed within or between groups (P > 0.05).