Andrew Huberman· PhD
muscle is actually quite frankly not very metabolically active at rest interesting for every pound of skeletal muscle it might at rest burn 10 calories primarily Burns fatty acids at rest
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.
muscle is actually quite frankly not very metabolically active at rest interesting for every pound of skeletal muscle it might at rest burn 10 calories primarily Burns fatty acids at rest
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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