In a message dated 5/11/01 10:20:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<<  I think it doesn't bother the native people because
 the intervals of fasting are of relatively short duration.  When
 the fast is over, the few ounces of muscle lost can be recovered.
 Extended fasting, or very low calorie dieting, as something else
 entirely. >>

I am sure you are right about this, and this is why I've always felt that
these warnings about muscle loss are unnecessarily alarmist. In my personal
experience it's completely undetectable.

Charles