Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
I used to follow low-carb/CKD bodybuilding stuff, and this came up a lot... seems like they concluded pretty early on (like 1996 or so) that if you could just inject more leptin, the last part of the diet would go much quicker, without as much lean-body mass loss. Cost was a prohibitive factor at the time.
Yes. The thrust of my thesis is that low leptin is preferable for endurance athletes, as it stimulates Type 1 fibers, even though it makes weight loss more difficult.