Even when young guys burn off a lot of muscle fuel (glycogen) in their legs over a day, a special body scan that measures water doesn’t pick up any change in leg water levels — meaning it might not notice the water shifts that happen when fuel stores drop.

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Muscle glycogen depletion does not alter segmental extracellular and intracellular water distribution measured using bioimpedance spectroscopy.

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2018 Jun 1

The study found that even when muscle glycogen dropped a lot, the water in the legs didn’t appear to change when measured with a special device (BIS), just like the claim says.

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Muscle glycogen depletion does not alter segmental extracellular and intracellular water distribution measured using bioimpedance spectroscopy.

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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00666.2017

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