Dietary Intake of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids, Metabolic Parameters, High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels, and Anthropometric Features Among Elite and Subelite Soccer Players

Several studies have revealed the positive healthy impacts of branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs). However, most of these studies evaluated the serum BCFAs in humans, or treatment with exogenous BCFAs in animal or in-vitro models and the health impacts of dietary BCFAs have not yet been studied. Due to positive effects of BCFAs in sport, in the current study, we aimed to investigate the association between dietary BCFAs and metabolic and inflammatory parameters among elite and subelite soccer players.