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Originally Posted by ElleH

But if I'm losing .3 pound of muscle a day, as he indicated could happen, which certainly explains my loss each day here lately, then I'm most certainly alarmed.

I doubt muscle can be lost in the absence of persistent hunger on a LC diet.

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And remember from a past post that a normal blood sugar represents only about a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in the entire blood volume, so keeping the blood sugar normal for a day or so doesn’t require a whole lot of muscular sacrifice. If we figure that an average person requires about 200 grams of sugar per day to meet all the needs of the glucose-dependent tissues, we’re looking at about maybe a third of a pound of muscle per day, which isn’t all that big a deal over the first day. But we wouldn’t want it to continue.-ME

Good article, but when fasting for 24 - 48 hrs the protein needed to make glucose comes from reserves, mainly blood plasma. I understand muscle is used as a last resort.

As far as the amount of fat that can be burned in a day, I would say none without a calorie defect or if glycogen is available. Under ideal losing conditions? I am not sure anyone knows-- again it may be an individual issue.