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“More people improved with HIIT, but not enough to clearly separate it from the other programs. Higher-intensity training may provide a stronger stimulus for muscle maintenance through greater mechanical loading and higher rates of muscle protein synthesis.”

“Cachexia is the direct cause of roughly 20 percent of deaths in cancer patients. While boosting food intake doesn't help, and no effective therapies are available, new research points to a promising strategy that may stimulate weight gain and muscle strength.”

“The study showed partial mitigation of sleep-loss effects, not a replacement for sleep or a routine high-dose protocol. For established muscle uses, 3 to 5 grams daily is a common maintenance range after stores are saturated, and loading is optional.”

“The bones of treated mice scored an average of 19% higher on a measure of the ability to resist twisting stress, known as the polar moment of inertia.”

“A person at a normal body weight can still have increased visceral fat, liver fat, low muscle mass, insulin resistance, abnormal lipids, hypertension, or diabetes. Excess visceral fat is metabolically active.”

“In a small randomized trial, 14 healthy men received carbohydrate with or without L-carnitine-L-tartrate twice daily for 24 weeks. Supplementation increased muscle carnitine and altered fuel use during exercise, although the substantial carbohydrate intake and small sample limit generalization.”

“It also improved insulin sensitivity and increased mitochondrial proteins and ribosomes (which make new proteins) in muscle cells. The volunteers engaged in aerobic high-intensity interval training (cycling at >90% of peak oxygen consumption) for 3 days and 2 days per week of treadmill walking (45 min at 70% of VO2 peak) or strength training.”