Episode #222: The Science of Losing Fat vs. Muscle
Barbell Medicine Podcast
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How to Navigate a Conversation Appropriately With Different Patients
The first question is, why are they coming to talk to me? What's their main concern? And if I can get that sufficiently addressed, then that's great. When there is an overall energy deficit that is less calories have been consumed over a sustained period of time,. stored fat is liberated from body fat stores and are used as energy. Fat mass decreases during this period because body fat stores are being used as energy but also contain water. There can also be some further loss of protein stores which increase the amount of fat free mass lost.
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