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I wonder if there's a benefit to eating precisely the amount of calories needed to prevent notable muscle loss with as little surplus as possible, or to CR in t
by eternityforest 4y ago
I wonder if there's a benefit to eating precisely the amount of calories needed to prevent notable muscle loss with as little surplus as possible, or to CR in the young that you stop when you're older?
- nradov 4y agoIt's very difficult for elderly people to build and maintain lean muscle mass because the endocrine and digestive systems become less effective with age. After about age 70, progressive muscle loss is unavoidable (at least without heavy use of performance enhancing drugs which cause other negative side effects). So, if you want to live a long life without falling down the stairs and breaking a hip when you're 80 then you need to build up some extra muscle when you're young. That means eating a relatively high protein diet (but not a caloric surplus unless you're underweight).