http://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/intermittent-fasting-kills-muscleMost IF plans tout the benefits of fasted weight training. Some suggest 10 g of BCAA during training. But according to the study, consuming leucine (BCAA) without ample carbohydrate present prevented protein synthesis. In other words, any possibility of gaining muscle is eliminated when training in a fasted state, even when consuming BCAA.
Yes sir, IMPECCABLE LOGIC.
I am well aware that this imbecile reads our board so, especially for simpletons like him, I will destroy this short "column" in points.
1. Study on rats. Do I really have to add anything here?
2. Study has nothing to do with weight training.
3. Study does not prove that either group of rats has, at the end, gained more muscle mass than the other.
4. IF does not mean you train fasted...
5. On the whole, study is irrelevant and does not prove many things he claims in his article, ie. that IF "slows down" metabolism.