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Exercise is fairly of used to maintain muscle mass among us
CRONies. Some,
such as (a certain CRS CRONie), try to maximize body fat
levels for the beneficial
health effects. Gastic ulcer formation tendencies may be a
risk for the
exercising CRONies.

Yi I, Stephan FK.
Body fat reserves attenuate gastric ulcers induced by
restricted feeding in
rats.
Physiol Behav. 1996 Apr-May;59(4-5):931-6.
PMID: 8778889

... Fat reserves were systematically manipulated by
using chow vs.
high-fat diets and by using rats of different ages (3, 7,
and 17 months).
The ulcerogenic procedure consisted of limiting food intake
to 6 g of chow
per day. For chow-fed rats, 20 days were required to induce
ulcers in
3-month-old rats whereas more than 40 days were required in
7- and
17-month-old rats. In 7-month-old rats fed a high-fat diet,
the ulcerogenic
phase lasted 63 days. Virtually no ulcers were found in
control groups with
larger body weights that were yoked to the duration of the
ulcerogenic
phase. Measurement of retroperitoneal and epididymal fat
pads indicated that
these were nearly depleted in rats with ulcers whereas some
fat remained in
ulcer-free rats, regardless of age, diet, or the duration of
the ulcerogenic
phase. These results suggest that the depletion of fat
reserves to a
critical level triggers a metabolic stress response that
then produces
gastric ulcers.