The Claim
During moderate energy restriction in overweight, postmenopausal women, resistance training does not significantly alter whole-body nitrogen balance, leucine turnover, synthesis, breakdown, or oxidation, despite preserving fat-free mass.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
Even if overweight, postmenopausal women lift weights while eating fewer calories, their body’s use of protein doesn’t change much—but they still keep their muscle mass.
See the scientific wording
Resistance training does not significantly alter whole-body nitrogen balance, leucine turnover, synthesis, breakdown, or oxidation during moderate energy restriction in overweight, postmenopausal women, despite preserving fat-free mass.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that lifting weights helped older women keep their muscle while losing weight, but it didn’t change how their bodies used or processed protein — exactly what the claim says.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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