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Feb 2025
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Ask an RD: Calorie deficits, maintenance...

Dr. Shannon Ritchey, PT, DPT
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When should you be in a calorie deficit? And for how long? When is maintenance appropriate, and how do you know when you're at maintenance? Is a calorie surplus necessary for muscle growth? All these things are discussed in today's installment of ASK an RD, with our guest, Hope Brandt, RD. 

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