fasting and muscle loss

As recent Research has pointed out , present men’s testosterone levels have dropped significantly, up to 1 percent a year, when compared to men of the same age in past decades. That means a 30 year old man in 1990 could expect to have up to a 22% higher level of testosterone than a 30 year old man in 2012.  Testosterone is responsible for more than just men and muscle, as is perpetuated constantly by the media, specifically important processes related to energy levels, focus and motivation, disease processes and health, muscle function and muscle mass, bone mass, and libido. And not just in men, testosterone plays a role and contributes to these key processes in women.  Fitness and Health experts Brad Pilon of Eat Stop Eat and Rusty Moore of Visual Impact created a great piece on the relationship between fasting, dieting, and testosterone, and they raised a very important question (s) which this post is based on: Does fasting and dieting dictate a choice between fat loss and muscle? Or is fasting without losing muscle a possible pathway?  Long term calorie deficits and higher levels of body fat both contribute to lower testosterone levels, among other negative health effects. This is one reason intermittent [...]