I've always been curious about this.  Do you lose muscles cells or do
the cells stay the same in number but just decrease in size?

On 8/4/06, Robert Kesterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:11:28 -0500, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > One more point.  I believe Robert implied that I might be wasting
> > muscle.  I don't think so.  I don't have the fatigue and presumably my
> > meeting daily protein requirements would not allow muscle tissue to be
> > used for energy.  I am burning fat -- losing 1/3 a pound a day equates
> > to about 1000 calories day, pretty close to my daily deficit if I'm
> > doing the math right.
>
> Any time you're losing weight (aside from water weight), you're losing
> both muscle and fat.  It's just a question of how much of each.  A good
> ratio is 3:1, an outstanding ratio is 10:1 (fat lost to muscle lost).
> Which would make for another interesting subject -- how the paleo diet
> affects fat/muscle ratios when gaining or losing bodyweight.
>
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