# Defining Beef and Meal Frequency as Key Components of a Healthy Eating Pattern for Muscle Health and Wellbeing

> **NCT04232254** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign** · enrollment: 40 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Meal Frequency
- Dietary Habits
- Muscle Protein Synthesis

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Animal-based Protein Foods
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Skewed Protein Distribution
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Plant-based Protein Foods
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Balanced Protein Distribution

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04232254
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-06-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-03-14
- **Final completion:** 2024-03-14
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-17

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04232254

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04232254, "Defining Beef and Meal Frequency as Key Components of a Healthy Eating Pattern for Muscle Health and Wellbeing". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04232254. Licensed CC0.

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