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Weight Loss: Fast or Slow?

  • Achieving a lean physique is essential for fitness enthusiasts and models but requires reducing body fat which can be challenging.
  • The body naturally resists rapid fat loss because it prefers to have reserves for energy, necessitating controlled stress for fat reduction.
  • Finding the optimal level of stress for effective fat loss is crucial to avoid under or over stressing the body, which can be detrimental to health.
  • Details on the optimal stress levels and fat loss strategies are discussed in Alan Aragon's Research Review from April/May 2013, although some specifics may be outdated.
  • General principles and advice from the 2013 article still apply today, even if specific figures about fat loss rates have evolved with newer diets.
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