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Is There a Link Between Fasting and Muscle Gain?

Quiescence allows your muscle cells to be able to maintain themselves and basically not not degrade when you're in a fasted state. It's almost like this body has this protective mechanism that kicks in when you're fasting, especially if your ing the body a message via weight lifting that it needs muscle. Soi's pretty interesting. A lot of people become really concerned regarding fasting and muscle loss, and then even to kind of energy and what happens to energy expenditure during during fasting. This is an interesting one that shows that you can still actually promote muscle gain during that period of time.

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