Doesn ketosis lead to loss of muscle mass?
Only individuals on very low-calorie diets can lose muscle mass, because they have an inadequate protein intake. Atkins diets, however, is not calorie restricted (this is not an invitation for gorging, but a recommendation to eat until you are no longer hungry) and the high protein intake required offsets any possible loss of body mass.
Only individuals on very low-calorie diets can lose muscle mass, because they have an inadequate protein intake. Atkins, however, is not calorie restricted (this isn’t an invitation for gorging, but a recommendation to eat until you are no longer hungry) and the high protein intake required offsets any possible loss of body mass. (Taken from Atkins.
