Braaq
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Carb cycling is the best thing for fat loss. All out carb elimination will certainly make you lose muscle mass eventually. I think this diet only works if your on AAS. Not to mention a carb free diet reduces your T3 and T4 levels hard! and the thyroid is the master and commander of metabolic rate!
Not the best thing, just the most used and widely excepted. Also if your taking in the right amount of calories you should not loose any more muscle than you would if you carb cycled with the same amount of calories. Also, T3 does not discriminate with buring of fat or muscle. So lowering your T3 or T4 levels is not technically a bad thing. What you are doing in this diet is using fats and your fat stores as your primary only sources of energy due to the lack of glucose in the blood or stored glycogen.
Also, your muscle membrane is made primarily of lipids and cholesterol.. so actually you have the potential of gaining and/or maintaining muscle better with this diet if you take in the right amount of calories and do not over do your cardio.