of lean body mass compared with placebo - supplemented participants who gained 2.1 kg (4.6 lbs.)
A study published in a 2012 edition of the «British Journal of Nutrition» reports that a reduced - calorie diet with a one - to - two protein / carb ratio was most successful for diet adherence, body - fat reduction, reduced waist circumference, a lower waist - to - hip ratio and preservation
of lean body mass compared with diets with one - to - four or one - to - one protein / carb ratios.
Not exact matches
For patients with stage II or stage III colon cancer, the difference in long - term survival for
leaner patients
compared to those with a
body mass index (BMI)
of 35 or greater — which physicians refer to as «very obese» — was comparable to the difference between those who had surgery followed by chemotherapy and those who had only surgery.
Multiple studies have shown that the combination
of heavy weightlifting and HMB supplementation leads to superior results in terms
of increased
lean body mass, decreased
body fat and strength gains,
compared to weightlifting without adequate HMB supplementation.
In this article we've
compared arguably two
of the most powerful steroid alternatives for cutting, stripping
body fat but retaining
lean and clean muscle
mass!
If intermittent fasting confers equal or better benefits for adding
lean -
body mass or if intermittent fasting confers equal or better benefits for stripping fat while preserving
lean -
body mass (when
compared to the 4 - 6 meals
of low - moderate carb, high protein, low - moderate fat) then we should see an onslaught
of professional bodybuilders (not onesie twosie) also kneeling at the alter
of and hailing intermittent fasting as king
of the diets.
«WHEY supplementation
compared with carbohydrate supplementation, during a caloric - restricted «cut» diet can assist in maintaining LBM (
lean body mass) while allowing for the loss
of FM (fat
mass)».
In one study, participants taking a specialised whey formula (Prolibra) preserved a higher percentage
of lean muscle
mass and lost significantly more
body fat
compared with the control group3.
By
comparing the
lean body mass measurement with the total amount
of air exhaled, OPEX coaches can examine the oxygen exchange capability.
The investigators found that those who consumed more protein than recommended levels did not have increases in
lean body mass, muscle performance, physical function or other measures
of well - being,
compared to men with normal levels
of dietary protein.
Often (but not always), when the
body has a greater percentage
of fat
compared to
lean muscle
mass, the
body appears heavier than when that number is lower.
Similarly, in a study
of 88 obese Asians, Ho and colleagues (2001) found no effect
of chitosan supplemen - tation (3 g / d) on weight,
body mass index, or
lean body mass compared to placebo.
The authors
compared the B.M.I.
of 140 heart failure patients with a more accurate, though more involved, measure
of fat and
lean body mass using a DEXA scan (DEXA stands for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry).