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Intermittent fasting. i heard that fasting for 16-18 hours per day increase hgh which preserves muscles and burn fat. can you elaborate?

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Marketing Marketing: Fasting more likely to loose muscle mass. Muscles take both use & raw materials to maintain. Endocrine hormone control mechanisms complex, multiple interacting issues, not just a function of concentrations but moment-by-moment fluctuations & interactions. Carefully focusing on just single ones.

Answered 10/2/2014

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