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Showing posts with label muscle loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label muscle loss. Show all posts
How lean should one be?
BMI,
body fat,
diabetes,
diseases of civilization,
evolution,
fat loss,
muscle gain,
muscle loss,
obesity,
Okinawa
Loss of muscle mass is associated with aging. It is also associated with the metabolic syndrome, together with excessive body fat gain. It i...
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If your NEAT is low, maybe you should chill
I wrote most of this post a while ago, and then forgot about it. The recent blogosphere storm of comments regarding cold-induced thermogene...
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Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time: A more customized approach based on strength training and calorie intake variation
In the two last posts I discussed the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time ( ) ( ). This post outlines one approach to mak...
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Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time: Various issues and two key requirements
In my previous post ( ), I mentioned that the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible to most people because...
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The lowest-mortality BMI: What is the role of nutrient intake from food?
BMI,
body fat,
calorie restriction,
longevity,
mortality,
multivariate analysis,
muscle gain,
muscle loss
In a previous post ( ), I discussed the frequently reported lowest-mortality body mass index (BMI), which is about 26. The empirical results...
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How much protein does one need to be in nitrogen balance?
The figure below, from Brooks et al. (2005), shows a graph relating nitrogen balance and protein intake. A nitrogen balance of zero is a sta...
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Maybe you should stop trying to be someone you are not
Many people struggle to lose body fat, and never quite make it to their optimal. Fewer people manage to do so successfully, and, as soon as ...
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