Proof.Fit

Muscle maintenance

29 supplements analyzed and ranked by clinical evidence.

Supplements29

Supplement Evidence

Main Effects
Vitamin D

Strength/mass +25(OH)D

Falls/function ↓; +25(OH)D

Strong
435919
Calcium

LBM/CSA +4.1kg

Biceps size gain

No effect vastus

Strong
877212
Magnesium

Strength/mg +1.02

Muscle relaxation +20%

Strong
183419
Whey Protein

MPS +0.07%/h

Strength/mass +0.4kg

Fat loss/maintenance

Strong
66217
Lysine

Anabolism +70%

Lean mass +1.2%

Strength ↑

Strong
36818
Branched-Chain Amino Acids

Anabolism +MPS

Proteolysis ↓ balance

+2d N balance

Strong
142210
Potassium

Muscle K+/pump changes

-48.5% pump

Strong
319717
HMB

Lean mass +2.55kg

Muscle loss -14%

Strong
13213
Phenylalanine

Amino acids + insulin

MPS/NB +9-50%

Strong
110316
ATP

ATP/energy preserved

Strength/mass up

Strong
76111
Alanine

Muscle sparing +N balance

Carnosine/power gains

Strong
302818
Glutathione

Antioxidant defense + muscle

Oxidative damage - strength

GSH/CK + muscle mass

Moderate
124419
Collagen

Muscle size +5-15%

Strength/RTD gains similar

Lean mass +4kg

Moderate
295114
Choline

Muscle strength +10%

Muscle loss -1kg

Moderate
76218
Casein

Protein balance +MPS

Leucine delivery +28%

Moderate
35215
L-Histidine

↓3MH, ↑nitrogen balance

↑carnosine, ↓fatigue

Moderate
15916
Multivitamin

Weight maintenance, +2.6

Lower wasting risk, 0.66

Moderate
45018
Shilajit

Muscle strength loss ↓

Collagen synthesis ↑ +94%

Moderate
68
Chromium

Lean mass +1.2 kg

Fat loss, muscle sparing

FSR ~48%

Moderate
43411
Lupin

Muscle loss −3.5%

Strength loss −9.7%

Moderate
20312
Isoleucine

Protein balance +38.3

Muscle breakdown ↓

Moderate
8613
DHEA

IGF-I, strength +15%

Lean mass +0.9 kg

DHEA +34%

Weak
48716
Betaine

Strength, lean mass +5.9%

Anabolic signaling, hormones

Weak
11816
Selenium

Muscle damage ↓

Strength +11%

Weak
69617
Carnosine

Carnosine↑, fatigue↓

Power/endurance +2-14%

Weak
7717
Nicotinamide Riboside

Walk +18 m; cells +11

Treadmill/time and satellite cells

Weak
158
Vitamin B1

Muscle maintenance: HGS +0.8 kg

Muscle maintenance: gait speed +0.07 m/s

Weak
26717
L-Serine

Amino acids + weight

Serine preservation, synthesis

Lean mass gains

Weak
73717
Beef Liver

Iron import ↓; hepcidin ↑1.5x

Se status ↑

Weak
4511