Calorie restriction is healthy up to the point of muscle breakdown, beyond which it becomes pathological starvation. — Whalespan
Calorie restriction is healthy up to the point of muscle breakdown, beyond which it becomes pathological starvation.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“another calorie restriction is healthy up to the point where you start breaking down muscle if you start breaking down muscle then you enter into a new physiological state called starvation and that's a that's very pathological you don't ever want to go to that digression”