Eli5 How did the morbidly obese guy(Angus Barbieri) who fasted for one year not lose all of his lean body mass(muscles)? Does the body actually work to preserve muscle mass and not break it down when fasting as a morbidly obese person?
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Your body prioritises the breakdown of fat and conversion of it into energy as opposed to proteins of the muscles. Hence if a person is morbidly obese the fat would be metabolised as opposed the protein. Additionally carrying the weight of his morbidly obese self would have kept the muscles constantly under work and as such muscular atrophy would’ve been unlikely to occur
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