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Catabolic State Prevention

Meaning

Catabolic State Prevention involves implementing strategies to mitigate excessive breakdown of lean body mass, primarily skeletal muscle protein, which is often driven by elevated catabolic hormones like cortisol or glucagon, or insufficient anabolic signaling. This proactive management is crucial in chronic stress states or during recovery from catabolic insults to preserve functional tissue. Maintaining a positive net protein balance is a key physiological goal.