Keeping muscle while cutting?

[TraceStewart]

I have a question about protein and keeping muscle while cutting... Hypothetically if u were to have zero carbs and zero fat but 1.5-2 grams of protein per pound of bodyfat, would u lose muscle even with high protein? I know it's to an extreme but just wondering.

[knowledgeEpower]

It seems like you are basically saying Lyle's RFL, but you need the Omega-3's mentioned and I hope you didn't mean per pound of body fat. And Lyle wrote the book for a reason, it works, if you follow the guidelines, that being said it isn't the healthiest thing and he has guidelines for how long to do it and if you feel your lifts going doing down, then it likely isn't for you.

[5strgeneral]

You would loose muscle. You need at least 20% fat from your daily calorie intake. From what I learned you need at least 20% fat and 1.25*your body weight of protein to maintain that muscle.

[knowledgeEpower]

You would loose muscle. You need at least 20% fat from your daily calorie intake. From what I learned you need at least 20% fat and 1.25*your body weight of protein to maintain that muscle.

I would love to see the proof of this. Please enlighten me.

[MrSinister]

too many other factors.. quite simple imo losing muscle is relative to the length and aggression of your cut, do it slow but with small calorie deficits then i think you will hold it very well, rush it with large deficits and you are more a chance to losing lean mass.

[Follix]

Anyway you would lose muscle due to the acute lack of calories, dietary fats and several nutrients.

[5strgeneral]

I would love to see the proof of this. Please enlighten me.

Wont let me post links but watch physique of greatness on youtube. Btw i can't prove they are right hence I said "from what I learned" . I'm no nutritionist but I have been trying this method and it works perfectly fine and the rest of the calories is filled with carbs after you added all that up.

[magician27]

I have a question about protein and keeping muscle while cutting... Hypothetically if u were to have zero carbs and zero fat but 1.5-2 grams of protein per pound of bodyfat, would u lose muscle even with high protein? I know it's to an extreme but just wondering.

fats are essential macronutrient . you could mess up your hormones so badly on a 0 fat diet , as result your testosterone would drop, you would lose muscle 2x faster. and doing zero fat zero carb 2 gram protein per pound , your caloric deficit would be extremely large too. so that would be probably best way of losing muscle which you just described. maintaining muscle mass is already hard while keeping fats and carbs... why someone even think about that

[TraceStewart]

fats are essential macronutrient . you could mess up your hormones so badly on a 0 fat diet , as result your testosterone would drop, you would lose muscle 2x faster. and doing zero fat zero carb 2 gram protein per pound , your caloric deficit would be extremely large too. so that would be probably best way of losing muscle which you just described. maintaining muscle mass is already hard while keeping fats and carbs... why someone even think about that

I said hypothetically and it as an extreme. Of course no one should ever do this. It was just a random queestion