Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
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Yes, you will be, yes.
And you will improve body composition.
You'll have more energy, you'll maintain your blood sugar.
So building muscle in and of itself is a highly metabolically challenging feat.
And you will be training and you will correct for calories, right?
So you're not going to be over consuming calories.
You optimize for protein.
It's very hard to over consume protein.
Protein in and of itself is not easily stored.
There are so many reasons to prioritize for protein.
And I have to say, you know... Can you be protein deficient?
Of course you can.
Of course you can.
I mean, those are the times when we saw kwashiorkor, right?
Kwashiorkor with the big bellies, this muscle protein wasting.
There are subtle levels.
There's all kinds of degrees of deficiency.
You will utilize the skeletal muscle that you have.
As you move into more depletion, you'll find your hair falls out.
Your hormones will go.