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Diets including alternate-day fasting (ADF) promote weight loss but risk significant muscle loss, posing health implications to seniors at risk of sarcopenia. Leucine, the key muscle protein synthesis (MPS) driver, effectively stimulates MPS with lower calorie intake than protein. However, the effects of body-mass-scaled protein and leucine intakes are unclear. Objectives: To evaluate body-mass-scaled leucine or protein supplementation on body composition, sarcopenic, and cardiometabolic markers in older men during ADF. Methods: Sixty-one older men (BMI \u2265 23.0 kg\/m2) underwent 28 days of ADF, randomized across three calorie-matched supplement groups: Control (C: 0.0 g\/kg protein, 0.0 g\/kg leucine), Leucine (L: 0.0 g\/kg protein, 0.08 g\/kg leucine), or Protein (P: 0.4 g\/kg protein, 0.04 g\/kg leucine), consuming three doses on feeding days and one on fasting days. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, sarcopenic metrics, and blood markers (blood pressure, lipid panels, diabetic profiles) were measured. Results: There were no significant interactions (p &gt; 0.05) in body composition, sarcopenic or health outcomes, except for diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.016) and HDL cholesterol (p = 0.013). There were significant main effects of time (p \u2264 0.05) with reductions in all body composition measures (excluding bone mineral density, p = 0.274), systolic blood pressure and lipid profiles (total and LDL cholesterol, total\/HDL cholesterol ratio, triglycerides), and improvements in all muscle strength and functional sarcopenic outcomes. 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