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Lean Muscle Mass Isn’t a Cure-All for Metabolic Health

Nautilus · By Jake Currie ·

Lean Muscle Mass Isn’t a Cure-All for Metabolic Health

The Brief

  • A new study suggests that lean muscle mass does not fully protect metabolic health.
  • Nautilus reports that the study complicates the view of lean muscle mass as a cure-all for metabolic health.

Why it matters

Muscle mass is often treated as protective for metabolic health, so findings that it is not sufficient alone affect how science readers should interpret body composition research.

Who’s affected

  • researchers in metabolic health and exercise science
  • readers interested in body composition and metabolic health
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  • #metabolic health
  • #body composition
  • #study

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