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A Final Thought on Fasting and Muscle Mass
While long term caloric restriction on its own can cause you to lose muscle mass, the
combination of caloric restriction with resistance exercises has been proven to be very
effective at preserving your muscle mass.
As long as you are consistently using your muscles in a progressive and challenging
manner, they will not waste away during short periods of dieting. Further, muscle
mass can be preserved during longer periods of calorie restriction, so long as
resistance training is part of the overall weight loss approach. Finally, intermittent
fasting may provide a novel and unique method of increasing muscle size while at the
same time reducing body fat.
The above pictures are of me in 2006 while working in the supplement industry, (29
years old, 170 pounds); in 2009 after 3 years of following Eat Stop Eat (32 years old,
176 pounds); and lastly in 2012 after 6 years of following Eat Stop Eat (35 years old,
173 pounds). Hopefully you’ll agree that I have not suffered massive muscle loss and
may have even built some more muscle after 6 years of following Eat Stop Eat.
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