Previously, Adams and his team had identified ursolic acid, which is found in apple peel, and tomatidine, which comes from green tomatoes, as small molecules that can prevent acute muscle wasting caused by starvation and inactivity.
In other sports, the musclewasting associated with the acute need for energy can be reduced by the consumption of Creatine, so that the balance between muscle building and wasting changes in favour of the former.