Increasing muscle mass and decreasing fat content in your body can increase ones use of energy. Why is this?

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Landin Levy

Biology

17 May, 20:09

Increasing muscle mass and decreasing fat content in your body can increase ones use of energy. Why is this?

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Raphael Stevenson · Answer 1

Muscle tissue is metabolically more dynamic and burn a larger number of calories than fat tissue. The more muscles you have, the greater your resting energy expenditure, which implies that your body burns more calories while sitting idle