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Interestingly though, the article says mice on the low-isoleucine diet did better on muscle strength.

• seec 3y ago
  It's not exactly what it says. They mention "better shape" but I wish it would be more precise how the jugement is made and what factors are at play. If it's not a hard measure I wouldn't trust their judgment much because of confirmation bias. There are also a lot of people who consider that anything that isn't extra lean is not good even though we have a lot of evidence that it is actually not healthy. You need some amount of body fat for good hormones regulation, storage and protection. In the paper, past a certain age the difference in fat mass is not very significant but the control group had much better lean mass. So, it's not that they only lost some fat, the starved mouse are also missing out on useful muscle mass that could potentially make their life better and more enjoyable. The more I read the more it looks like vegan progaganda...