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Adequate nutritional support is a secondary countermeasure to mitigate muscle loss.
Nutritional support should be integrated alongside resistance training to enhance muscle retention.
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A secondary countermeasure being to provide adequate nutritional support.
Why this rating
The claims are based on findings from human-based models of muscle wasting.
Source
Resistance exercise and appropriate nutrition to counteract muscle wasting and promote muscle hypertrophy
Elisa I. Glover et al. · Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care · 2010
DOI 10.1097/mco.0b013e32833f1ae5
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