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#89 – AMA #11: All things fasting
“Truthfully, in humans, we don’t necessarily know exactly what the dose curve looks like for duration of fasting to physiologic output of desired consequence.” —Peter Attia
Intermittent fasting
Metabolic switching and different forms of fasting.
My nutritional framework
Nutrition is such a loaded topic—almost a religious or political one—so I’m always looking for ways to explain it that are as free from that baggage as possible.
#84 – AMA #10: Low testosterone, hypothyroidism, building muscle (and preserving it while fasting)
“Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger
Can fasting help athletes hold their breath longer?
This was basically the question posed to me by my friend, Justin Lee, a world-class freediver and spearfisherman who is already hard at work training for the 2020 World Championships next Fall.
#80 – Celebrity AMA with Apolo Ohno and Sasha Cohen: Fasting, rapamycin, performance vs. longevity, and more
“I am obsessed with knowing stuff. There’s just no denying it.” — Peter Attia
Qualy #43 – What are Peter’s thoughts on fasting and ketosis for females?
Today’s episode of The Qualys is from podcast #26 – AMA #3: supplements, women’s health, patient care, and more.
Alternate Day Fasting
I’m left bewildered: there are more questions than answers in most scientific pursuits, but I want to stress the point here that these aren’t rhetorical questions.
Can you maintain muscle during fasting?
But in the short-term (at least up to a week for most people), I believe you can maintain muscle mass while fasting, particularly if you’re resistance training.
Can you preserve lean body mass during “semi-starvation?”
All of this is very interesting, but what I find much more interesting in this study is that the placebo group did not lose any substantive LBM, while losing about the same amount of fat (10 lb) as the testosterone group, despite the severe CR/energy-deficit.