This is not the desired effect for someone trying to build as
much lean tissue as possible.
That's because your protein needs are more related to how
much lean tissue you're carrying, rather than your total body mass.
Associate Professor Amanda Sainsbury - Salis expressed surprise at the impact of the Y6 gene deletion on mice, commenting «I find it amazing that one gene, which is expressed in the small part of the brain that controls the body clock, has such a profound impact on how much fat is stored on the body, and how
much lean tissue is maintained.»
Not exact matches
The researchers focused on protein because in postmenopausal women, there is a common belief that consuming extra protein can help preserve
lean tissue, keeping them from losing too
much muscle while they lose fat.
Your body has genetic limits in place to prevent you from gaining too
much additional
lean mass, since muscle is metabolically «expensive»
tissue that requires a lot of resources to build and maintain.
If we decrease protein too
much, we will lose
lean mass if we are more muscular than average via resistance training and higher protein intakes to achieve greater
lean tissue.
This is due partly to the fact that women have a smaller percentage of
lean tissue (muscle, organs, etc.) and a
much higher percentage of body fat.
Growing
lean muscle
tissue will be a lot easier when you're eating enough protein, hitting the gym and lifting as
much weight as you can, and taking Sust 250.
Very young dogs and cats have as
much as 70 % to 80 % total body water, 2 while older pets may have as little as 50 % to 55 %.2 Fatty
tissue contains
much less water than do muscle, organs, and soft
tissue, so overweight animals tend to carry less water per pound proportionally to
lean dogs.
Protein is required to supply the building blocks for renewal and maintenance of the body's cells, from muscle
tissue to organs, skin and coat, so reducing it too
much usually quickly results in loss of
lean muscle mass, poor skin and coat quality and sluggish behavior.