Diet-driven weight loss plateaus without strength training, critic of WSJ op-ed says
The issue is this, if you don't combine it with strength training, you will absolutely plateau because your body will get rid of muscle to save energy.
Clipped from The Wall Street Journal
Most surprising, the food we eat doesn’t determine only the energy we consume. It alters the energy we burn. For most adults, resting metabolism—the energy required simply to keep the body alive—accounts for roughly two-thirds of total daily energy burned. Our food choices can alter this resting metabolic rate by up to 300 calories a day.
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