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Low carbohydrate intake impairs muscle growth 🚨
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Low carbohydrate intake impairs muscle growth 🚨

Struggling to gain muscle? You may not be eating enough carbs.

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Tom Coughlin
Sep 16, 2024
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Low carbohydrate availability impairs hypertrophy and anaerobic performance

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Low-carbohydrate availability (chronic or acute exposure) is a popular strategy to improve body composition or enhance cellular markers of endurance performance 🍽

But for those trying to gain muscle, could it be doing more harm than good? 🧐

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