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Myth: If You Stop Weight Training, Your Muscle Will Turn Into FatCategory: Body by Becky | Permalink Published: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 This is like saying that gold can turn into brass. Muscle and fat are two completely different types of tissue. Oftentimes, what happens when people decide to go off their weight training program is that they start losing muscle due to inactivity (kind of like a "use it or lose it" philosophy) AND, they usually become lax with their diet. Think about this, bad eating habits combined with the fact that their metabolism is lower due to inactivity, and lower degrees of muscle mass, give the impression that muscle is being turned into fat. In reality, the only thing happening is that muscle is being lost and fat is being accumulated. Advice for the day: Don't believe everything you hear or we'll all start trying to spin hair into gold.Other Recent ArticlesThis is perhaps the most common fad diet myth. This misconception has been promoted by all the high-protein fad diets on the market (Atkins, etc). Carbohydrates are your body's main source of fuel. Cutting carbohydrates from your diet will, without a doubt, increase your weight loss ten-fold, HOWEVER, the second you decide to re-introduce carbs into... Sweeteners In Processed Foods Account For Nearly 16% Of Daily Intake, Study FindsCategory: Pam's Pearls of Wisdom Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010 The added sugars in prepared and processed foods are threatening Americans' cardiovascular health, lowering levels of protective HDL cholesterol, raising levels of potentially dangerous triglycerides and possibly making people fatter, studies show. Your metabolism doesn't slow down at night. This myth comes from the fact that most people eat a larger proportion of calories in the evening. Your metabolism doesn't slow down at night. This myth comes from the fact that most people eat a larger proportion of calories in the evening. Myth #1: Skipping meals helps you lose weight. No it does not! On the contrary, skipping meals makes you hungrier as it creates hunger cravings and actually causes you to over eat and/or store more fat (your body goes into starvation mode). |
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