Sal Di Stefano

The GLPs are not causing the muscle loss.

Yes.

Yep.

A hundred percent.

So, so this is a problem anytime that somebody goes in a sub calorie diet to lose body fat.

So this is the number one thing you need to manage is muscle.

And there's a few things Adam just mentioned them.

So we'll break them down a little bit.

Number one is inadequate protein intake.

So when you look at the data,

on sub-calorie diets or what are called calorie deficit diets.

In other words, you're eating less calories than you're burning, right?

So because you're trying to lose body fat.

When protein is high, and when I say high, I don't mean what the RDA considers high.

What I mean is what fitness coaches and what the data shows as being high, the upper limit of where you're going to get benefit.

which is closer to a gram of protein per pound of target body weight.

So it's way more than what you would read the RDA saying as being high.

Now, I'm overshooting it a little bit, but in coaching circles, it's just even more beneficial.

But the data will show it's closer to that.

It's like 0.8 grams per pound of target body weight or something like that.