The Effect of Dieting on Metabolic Rates

Max Boudreau: I've done now working with on the extreme end athletes who have chronically dieted. He says they're basically ramping up the metabolism, undoing any potential metabolic adaptation that may have occurred to get them to a higher maintenance level of calories. And then you cut from there. The closer the person gets down to 10%, the more precise and consistent they need to be with their caloric intake.