One of the hallmarks of the Mass Effect Trilogy is its ability to let you make choices for Shepard during conversations, story moments and gameplay, with effects ranging for very minor to far-reaching across the galaxy. This page documents the most notable choices and consequences in the first game, including any effects in Mass Effect 2 and 3.
On this page, we only list the choices that have Major and Moderate effects in Mass Effect 1 and/or its sequels, and have been split into these two sections and arranged roughly chronologically. Choices that have only minor effects, such as giving a single email in a sequel, are not listed.
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"Citadel: The Fan" is a long-term Assignment that can be started on your first visit to the Citadel. It has three stages; progress to the next one by talking to Conrad Verner in the Upper Markets and then completing a Mission World (Therum, Feros, Noveria or Virmire). In the third interaction, you can use either the Charm / Intimidate options to one effect, and the three normal options on the right for another.
One of the hallmarks of the Mass Effect Trilogy is its ability to let you make choices for Shepard during conversations, story moments and gameplay, with effects ranging for very minor to far-reaching across the galaxy. These pages document the most notable choices and consequences across all three games.
One of the earliest ways you can affect the way the Suicide Mission plays out is to purchase three specific upgrades for the Normandy to bolster its defenses and firepower. Not purchasing one will guarantee a profoundly negative effect during a Suicide Mission scene that tests that attribute of the Normandy.
At the end of Mordin's Loyalty Mission Old Blood, you'll be faced with the choice of either destroying Maelon's research data, or holding on to it. This will have a direct effect on a character in Mass Effect 3.
The very last decision you'll make at the end of Mass Effect 2's storyline will be to decide what to do with the Collector Base. You can choose to either destroy it, or save it. This may have a direct effect on Mass Effect 3.
The Suicide Mission is easily the most important Mission in Mass Effect 2: the way you prepare for it and the Loyalties of your team will have a huge effect on how the mission will go. On top of that, specific choices and calls you make during the Mission can also major effects on the Squad and Mass Effect 3, sometimes regardless of how well you prepared beforehand.
While on Mars, the first full Mission of the game, you'll be accompanied by your Virmire Survivor, who'll be either Kaidan or Ashley. Your choices here will have an effect on what they think of you later in the game, which will be very important.
Starting with Priority: Mars, you'll have four conversations with The Illusive Man about his intentions and the state of the Galaxy. Which choices you have in the first three will have a very major effect on how the fourth one will play out. It all depends on if you can pick every Charm / Intimidate option in these conversations, INCLUDING the ones hidden under Investigate options.
After Priority: Mars, Shepard will be able to amass War Assets by completing Missions, Assignments, and helping the citizens of the Milky Way. These increase your Effective Military Strength, or EMS, and this number will have a profound effect on the game's finale.
This particular choice will have a direct bearing on how the end of the Mission will go, and determines the fate of the Krogan. The effects of NOT warning the Krogan leaders specifically will depend on if Wrex and/or Eve are dead.
After the Geth Dreadnought Mission, you'll pick up this Mission after the debriefing. Whether you complete this before Priority: Rannoch or not will have a profound effect on your options at the end of that Mission.
At the very end of the game, you'll make the last decision of the Mass Effect Trilogy: how to deal with the Reapers. You can have up to three options here, and the availability and effects of each will be determined by your Effective Military Strength, or EMS. The exact details for how to access these and affect their variants are detailed above in the "War Assets and EMS" section.
That brings us to the presently reviewed meta-analysis (1), which sought to determine if calorie deficits impair gains in strength and lean mass in response to resistance training. Compared to a control diet, energy deficits led to significantly smaller gains in lean mass (effect size [ES] = -0.57, p = 0.02). Energy deficits also led to smaller gains in strength, but the effect size was smaller, and the effect was not statistically significant (ES = -0.31, p = 0.28). Impairment of lean mass gains became more pronounced as the caloric deficit got larger, and a deficit of 500kcals/day was predicted to fully blunt lean mass gains (ES = 0). Meta-analyses are great for identifying a general, overall effect, but the feasibility of body recomposition (simultaneous fat loss and muscle gain) is impacted by a number of nuanced contextual factors. Read on to learn more about who might be able to achieve substantial lean mass gains during a calorie deficit, and how to maximize the likelihood of success when pursuing fat loss, hypertrophy, strength, or recomposition goals.
These researchers wanted to do a meta-analysis comparing resistance training in a caloric deficit to resistance training with a control diet. However, they knew ahead of time that there would be a limited number of studies directly comparing both types of diets in longitudinal research designs. So, they cast a broad net with their literature search and committed to doing two separate analyses. The search strategy aimed to identify English-language studies evaluating relevant resistance training adaptations (lean mass or fat-free mass measured via DXA or hydrostatic weighing, and strength measured via low-repetition strength tests [e.g., 1RM or 3RM] or maximal voluntary contraction). In order to be considered for inclusion, studies needed to implement resistance training protocols that were at least three weeks long, utilized a training frequency of at least two sessions per week, and did not involve aerobic training.
In analysis A, energy deficits led to significantly smaller gains in lean mass when compared to a control diet (effect size [ES] = -0.57, p = 0.02). Energy deficits also led to smaller gains in strength, but the effect size was smaller, and the effect was not statistically significant (ES = -0.31, p = 0.28). Forest plots for both analyses are presented in Figure 1.
The waterfall plots for analysis B are presented in Figure 2. For studies involving an energy deficit, the pooled effect size for lean mass was negative (ES = -0.11, p = 0.03), while it was positive for studies that did not involve an energy deficit (ES = 0.20, p
As for the meta-regression component of analysis B, the relationship between energy deficits and changes in lean mass (when controlling for age, sex, study duration, and BMI) is presented in Figure 3. The slope of the line was -0.00031 (p = 0.02), which means there was a statistically significant negative relationship between the size of the energy deficit and the magnitude of changes in lean mass. As the energy deficit grew by 100kcals/day, the effect size for lean mass tended to drop by 0.031 units. By extension, a deficit of 500kcals/day was predicted to fully blunt lean mass gains (ES = 0), and estimated changes in lean mass became negative for energy deficits beyond 500kcals/day.
Figure 3 shows the relationship between estimated energy deficits and gains in lean mass. The regression line crosses zero at about 500kcals/day, which is informative. It tells us that, in a sample of people who are mostly untrained and have BMIs in the overweight-to-obese categories, a daily energy deficit of 500kcals/day is predicted to fully attenuate gains in lean mass. However, Figure 3 includes individual data points from studies, which adds further depth and nuance to our interpretation. With exactly one exception, all of the studies reporting fairly substantial gains in lean mass involved an estimated deficit of no more than 200-300 kcals/day. Furthermore, every study reporting an effect size clearly below zero (that is, a loss of lean mass) involved an estimated deficit larger than 200-300 kcals/day. As such, we should acknowledge and understand that the 500kcals/day number is not a rigid cutoff; the relationship between energy deficits and lean mass changes is continuous in nature, and there appears to be (for example) a substantive difference between 100 and 400 kcals/day.
BCAAs (leucine, isoleucine, and valine), particularly leucine, have anabolic effects on protein metabolism by increasing the rate of protein synthesis and decreasing the rate of protein degradation in resting human muscle. Also, during recovery from endurance exercise, BCAAs were found to have anabolic effects in human muscle. These effects are likely to be mediated through changes in signaling pathways controlling protein synthesis. This involves phosphorylation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and sequential activation of 70-kD S6 protein kinase (p70 S6 kinase) and the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1. Activation of p70 S6 kinase, and subsequent phopsphorylation of the ribosomal protein S6, is associated with enhanced translation of specific mRNAs. When BCAAs were supplied to subjects during and after one session of quadriceps muscle resistance exercise, an increase in mTOR, p70 S6 kinase, and S6 phosphorylation was found in the recovery period after the exercise with no effect of BCAAs on Akt or glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) phosphorylation. Exercise without BCAA intake led to a partial phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase without activating the enzyme, a decrease in Akt phosphorylation, and no change in GSK-3. It has previously been shown that leucine infusion increases p70 S6 kinase phosphorylation in an Akt-independent manner in resting subjects; however, a relation between mTOR and p70 S6 kinase has not been reported previously. The results suggest that BCAAs activate mTOR and p70 S6 kinase in human muscle in the recovery period after exercise and that GSK-3 is not involved in the anabolic action of BCAAs on human muscle. 2ff7e9595c
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