Friday, August 18, 2006

Does Dieting Lead To Weight Gain? - III

Losing Muscle Tissue Lowers Metabolic Rate
Metabolic rate is the speed at which we use calories to fuel resting body functions, such as temperature maintenance, heart-beat, circulation, breathing and the millions of other biochemical functions which occur around the clock. Now, as stated above, our body needs more calories to maintain muscle tissue than fat tissue, so the more muscule we have, the more calories we burn, and therefore the higher our metabolic rate.
 
 
Source : Diet-I

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