Ketogenic diets may impair lean body mass accrual, potentially due to reduced inhibition of muscle protein degradation and decreased training performance. — Whalespan
Ketogenic diets may impair lean body mass accrual, potentially due to reduced inhibition of muscle protein degradation and decreased training performance.
⚠ 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.
“um even though carbohydrates aren't stimulatory for muscle protein synthesis they do inhibit muscle protein degradation and um fat doesn't appear to have the same effect it's probably an insulin effect insulin doesn't inhibit muscle protein degradation”