You can add muscle mass solely by eating a high protein diet

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After consuming a weight-stabilizing diet for 13 to 25 days, participants were randomized to diets containing 5% of energy from protein (low protein), 15% (normal protein), or 25% (high protein), which they were overfed during the last 8 weeks of their 10- to 12-week stay in the inpatient metabolic unit. Compared with energy intake during the weight stabilization period, the protein diets provided approximately 40% more energy intake, which corresponds to 954 kcal/d (95% CI, 884–1022 kcal/d).

Lean body mass decreased during the overeating period by −0.70 kg (95% CI, −1.50 to 0.10 kg) in the low protein diet group compared with a gain of 2.87 kg (95% CI, 2.11 to 3.62 kg) in the normal protein diet group and 3.18 kg (95% CI, 2.37 to 3.98 kg) in the high protein diet group (P<.001). The overall increase in fat mass for all 3 groups was 3.51 kg (95% CI, 3.06 to 3.96 kg) from baseline and was not significantly different between the 3 groups (P = .89), although the low protein group added on average more than 200 g of fat (about 2000 kcal).

None of the participants did any weight training and yet they added 3.18 kg of lean mass (muscle) after only 2 months on a high protein diet.

Pretty impressive.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777747/

 

[balding17yomanletcel]

brb putting low iq gaslighting trollcel on ignore

 

[Deleted member 4209]

good study ngl the only intake that matters is calories and protein

carbs/fat are largely interchangeable for the same results on a isocaloric diet and ppl who claim keto is some miracle are just ppl who have better diet adherence on that diet.

 

[Deleted member 6403]

how many g's per bw were used in the high protein diet?

 

[SexyMofo]

Good find but ideally you should still be lifting if you’re eating right.

 

[Deleted member 8051]

good study ngl the only intake that matters is calories and protein

carbs/fat are largely interchangeable for the same results on a isocaloric diet and ppl who claim keto is some miracle are just ppl who have better diet adherence on that diet.

personally i need carbs to lift and ride my bicycle. if you are not doing any exercise and just want to lose fat asap its good to do keto cus you will be more satiated on low cal

 

[Deleted member 4209]

personally i need carbs to lift and ride my bicycle. if you are not doing any exercise and just want to lose fat asap its good

i prefer hi carb also but not crucial

 

[mulberrymolasses]

None of the participants did any weight training and yet they added 3.18 kg of lean mass (muscle) after only 2 months on a high protein diet.

Pretty impressive.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777747/

you will gain a kg of lean mass for every iq point you have so 0 for you.

Spoiler

water weight and shit and piss counts as lean mass

 

[Pietrosiek]

@6ft1 thoughts?

 

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[MentalistKebab]

You can also add muscle mass solely by injecting test

 

[Deleted member 3328]

@6ft1 thoughts?

They were likely severely underweight prior to taking part in the study

 

[sandcelmuttcel]

can confirm. adding adequate protein in my diet increased my muscle mass.

 

[poloralf]

Lift heavy, eat a shitton of meat, roidmax.

 

[OldcelMillennial]

High protein diet boosts IGF-1, so makes sense

 

[Deleted member 4054]

Don't even think about lifting weights until you've eaten up to your natty limit. Will take a solid 5 years of protein consumption