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Whether or not it makes any sense to you, it's not a matter of any scientific debate - being in a deficit puts you in a catabolic state where the body will brea
by cthalupa 2y ago
Whether or not it makes any sense to you, it's not a matter of any scientific debate - being in a deficit puts you in a catabolic state where the body will break down muscle mass for energy. It does it less if you have lots of protein and are providing frequent muscle stimulus.
- thefz 2y agoSource?
- cthalupa 2y agoFor protein intake helping decrease this: https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fj.13-239228 https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1096/fj.13-... https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.13-230227 https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.13... https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.14-266890 https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1096/fj.14... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831322009760 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S216183132... https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2457 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2457 For weight lifting helping decrease this: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/11/2824 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/11/2824 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.01346.2007 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysio... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-013-1506-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-013-1506-0 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpendo.00590.2013?rss=1 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpendo.005... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mus.21780 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mus.21780 https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00413.2014?view=long&pmid=26136534& https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.004... https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/4/423 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/4/423 These are just a tiny subset of the studies done - google scholar can find you many dozens more, if you desire. And, of course, the fact that these studies exist it all necessarily implies that you lose muscle mass when in energy deficit, as you will see in the control groups for them.