Hypothetical question I thought about earlier today...
Suppose you got quite sick with a stomach bug or something similar and were unable to keep solid food down very well for about a week. Let's also suppose that while sick you rested completely and hardly left your bed at all.
For the sake of workable numbers, in this scenario you're a trained individual with a BMR of 2,500 calories, only consuming 500 per day in the form of liquids (some of this protein but not anything close to your normal minimum). That deficit over 7 days would amount to 14,000 calories, in terms of fat loss, 4 pounds. In the event that you're not hardly moving at all, to what approximate extent would you incur muscular atrophy as well as fat loss?
While I'm not planning on getting sick like this, as an anomaly situation it makes sense as a possible outlier since the orthodoxy regarding protein consumption assumes an individual is training appropriately and therefore destroying his tissue; if you're not hardly even moving at all, however, does the same requirement exist for lean mass retention?
Lots of fluid loss overall and likely some neural efficiency loss, as well, but would you really stand to lose much solid muscle if you're not even tearing it down? Could the body prioritize utilizing fat over muscle as a source of energy if you are sick?
Suppose you got quite sick with a stomach bug or something similar and were unable to keep solid food down very well for about a week. Let's also suppose that while sick you rested completely and hardly left your bed at all.
For the sake of workable numbers, in this scenario you're a trained individual with a BMR of 2,500 calories, only consuming 500 per day in the form of liquids (some of this protein but not anything close to your normal minimum). That deficit over 7 days would amount to 14,000 calories, in terms of fat loss, 4 pounds. In the event that you're not hardly moving at all, to what approximate extent would you incur muscular atrophy as well as fat loss?
While I'm not planning on getting sick like this, as an anomaly situation it makes sense as a possible outlier since the orthodoxy regarding protein consumption assumes an individual is training appropriately and therefore destroying his tissue; if you're not hardly even moving at all, however, does the same requirement exist for lean mass retention?
Lots of fluid loss overall and likely some neural efficiency loss, as well, but would you really stand to lose much solid muscle if you're not even tearing it down? Could the body prioritize utilizing fat over muscle as a source of energy if you are sick?
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