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AS HEARD ON MORE GOOD DAYS · EPISODE 17
The Fasting Conversation Everyone's Sending Us
2g of leucine. 9 essential amino acids. Under 20 calories, no bloat. Designed for the appetite-suppressed body Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro create.
- Fasting 2.0 — muscle, women, and the risk nobody mentions
- With Faf du Plessis, Sean Lunn & Dr Michael Mol
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THE EPISODE
Why a fasting episode ends up being about muscle
In episode 17 of More Good Days, Faf du Plessis, Sean Lunn and Dr Michael Mol spend an hour on fasting — 16:8, the 24-hour “ancient fast”, the 72-hour reset. And the thread that keeps surfacing isn’t hunger or willpower. It’s muscle: the research showing 16:8 fasters lost lean mass alongside the fat, why that risk grows after 40, and the one habit the hosts use to fast without paying for it in strength.
"Fasting doesn’t eat your muscle. Fasting without exercise and protein eats your muscle."
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The myth, busted
“Please just bust that myth,” Dr Mol says near the end of the episode. “It’s not fasting that does it. It’s no training and no protein.” The TREAT trial published in JAMA found 16:8 fasters lost weight — but lost lean muscle mass with it. The group that kept resistance training and kept protein up didn’t. Fasting is a tool. Muscle is a bill you don’t have to pay.
You want to be losing fat, not muscle.
02
After 40, the signal has to be clearer
“You get something called anabolic resistance,” the episode explains. “As you get older, it’s harder for you to put on muscle… you might have been having 200 grams of protein your whole life, and as you get into your 50s it doesn’t work anymore.” The hosts’ answer isn’t more food — it’s precision: “get as much with whole foods, and then use the essential amino acids to go above that anabolic resistance level, so you can at the very least maintain your muscle.” That’s the trigger-dose idea: muscle repair switches on at 1.5–3g of essential aminos in the blood (ISSN, 2023).
Use the essential aminos to go above that threshold.
03
“Surely EAAs break a fast?”
A question a listener actually sent in. The episode’s answer: a flavoured essential amino drink is “still super low calorie… below 30 calories” — so for a weight-loss or calorie-restriction fast, the hosts’ view is it won’t undo your work, “but it does help with the muscle protein synthesis.” (Chasing full autophagy? Then water only — their advice too.) One glass of Bare Aminos carries 5,000mg of the essential nine — 2,000mg of it leucine — in the blood in about 15 minutes, at roughly 20 calories.
Below 30 calories — but it does help with muscle protein synthesis.
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the honest answers.
Will Bare Aminos break my fast?
As discussed in the episode: at roughly 20 calories it’s compatible with weight-loss and calorie-restriction fasting by the hosts’ reckoning. If your goal is strict autophagy, keep to water — that’s their advice too.
When do I take it while fasting?
Most fasters use one serve in the fasting window on training days — especially around fasted training — so muscle has the essential nine available when it needs them.
What’s actually in it?
Nine essential amino acids in free form — 5,000mg per serve, 2,000mg of it leucine — lightly flavoured, about 20 calories. No dairy, gluten or soy; vegan-friendly.
How does the box offer work?
Buy any 2 products, get a 3rd free — automatic at checkout, cheapest item free. Many fasters pair Aminos with Hydrating Aminos for longer fasts.
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The habit from the episode
You started a GLP-1 to change your body. Without active muscle protection, up to 39% of what you lose is lean mass. Bare Aminos was built for this exact moment.
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