Not exact matches
muscle loss only occurs
during extreme
starvation and even at that point you would have to be very lean for
muscle loss to occur.
The release of epinephrine that occurs
during fear can be intense enough to cause undue stress such that if the heart
muscle were borderline «starved» of oxygen, the increased heart activity due to the epinephrine could cause enough oxygen
starvation to cause a heart attack.
Human brains, unique amongst animals, can use ketones as a major fuel source
during prolonged
starvation, allowing the conservation of protein such as skeletal
muscle.
During prolonged fasting or carb restriction, ketone bodies can provide energy to your
muscles, organs, and brain in
starvation.
The diet was designed to mimic the metabolic changes that occur in the body
during starvation, i.e. adaption to spare
muscle protein breakdown and draw on energy reserves of body fat.