Todd Moody wrote:

> I've read studies of ascetics, who do a lot of fasting.  One interesting
> finding is that the fasting greatly *increases* nutrient utilization,
> including protein utilization.  I think one confounding variable is that
> as many people age they become inactive, a sure way to forfeit LBM.


This is the flaw in the logic. Because older people have symptoms
resembling those of catabolism, doesn't mean that catabolism is the
cause (of organs losing weight, muscle wasting, cells becoming poorer at
taking up nutrition, etc.)

--Richard