A reduced ratio of dietary carbohydrate to protein improves body composition and blood lipid profiles during weight loss in adult women.

By D. Layman, R. Boileau, D. Erickson, J. Painter, Harn Shiue, Carl Sather, D. Christou. Journal of NutriLife, 2003

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Dietary protein intake is associated with lean mass change in older, community-dwelling adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. (2008, background): “Layman et al (13) put moderately overweight middle-aged women on 1 of 2 weight-loss regimens; one included protein at the RDA level, and the other provided protein at twice the RDA level (1.”
The Effects of High Protein Diets on Thermogenesis, Satiety and Weight Loss: A Critical Review (2004, methodology): “Layman [56] conducted a randomized trial on 24 overweight females for 10 weeks.”
The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease. (2006, background): “Recent reports of improved body composition during weight loss with high-protein, hypocaloric diets support the notion of repartitioning of nutrient intake when protein turnover is stimulated (29).”