Mon, Jul-14-08, 17:07
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Butter Tastes Better
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Plan: Atkins OWL / IF-23/1 /BFL
Stats: 100/100/100
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Progress: 34%
Location: SF Bay Area
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Originally Posted by cricket56
Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. The more muscle you have the more calories your body burns, even when you're just sitting around. That's one reason why a fit, active person is able to eat considerably more food than the dieter who is unwittingly destroying muscle tissue.
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I think its a great article. I would point out that fat is also a metabolically active tissue and I believe burns only slightly less than muscle (I think its something like 2.5 calories per pound). Of course thats not necessarily a good thing since there are all sorts of nasty hormone issues that come with it. |