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In this short segment, fitness professional Rodrigo Barros warns viewers against making drastic cuts to their diet. He explains that many laypeople, when trying to lose weight, simply halve their food intake—dropping from around 300 g to 150 g or even 100 g per meal. This extreme reduction, he argues, leads to a massive loss of muscle mass. Barros emphasizes that the first step for professionals is to look at the numbers of the diet rather than adopting an all‑or‑nothing approach, urging a more measured, data‑driven strategy to protect muscle while pursuing weight loss.
