Keto Means
Keto Means
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It's possible to gain weight but wear around the same clothing size. Gaining muscle is a common body change people notice after switching up their fitness routine or lifestyle habits, and it can cause you to gain weight because muscle is denser than fat.
The lowdown. The keto diet changes the way your metabolism works by encouraging it to use ketone bodies instead of glucose for energy production....
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A ketogenic diet should consist of about 60–80% fat, 10–30% protein, and no more than 5–10% — or 20–50 grams — of carbs per day. Focus on high fat,...
Read More »Your body size and weight do not reflect your health or your value as a person. Still, a stigma exists around weight gain, and the media demonizes fat. You may have been taught to focus on the scale's number rather than what's actually going on in your body. Health-wise, understanding your muscle-to-fat ratio is more important than how much you weigh, according to a study published in March 2016 in the Journal of Physical Therapy Science. That research found that muscle-to-fat ratio can indicate metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of diseases that include insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, and hypertension. By the way, your muscle-to-fat ratio is different than your body mass index (BMI), which, the CDC notes, is not a good diagnostic tool for disease risk. Gaining and losing weight does not always mean your body measurements will change. It's possible to gain weight but wear around the same clothing size. Gaining muscle is a common body change people notice after switching up their fitness routine or lifestyle habits, and it can cause you to gain weight because muscle is denser than fat. For example, in May 2018, fitness influencer Victoria Winterford shared a weight gain transformation photo on Instagram, posting two images in a black bikini. In one, Winterford had gained 22 pounds but continued to wear size 8 clothing. "How??" the then 25-year-old wrote in their caption. "Yep that little thing we call muscle." Why It's Possible to Gain Weight but Stay About the Same Clothing Size You have more than 600 muscles in your body, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Muscles have many roles, like helping you move, protecting your joints, and allowing you to digest food. Your heart is also a muscle. So maintaining a healthy muscle mass is important. A study published in April 2016 in the American Journal of Cardiology found low levels of muscle mass could increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. You may have heard someone claim they've "turned fat into muscle." When you gain weight but your body measurements stay roughly the same, it may feel like this is what you've done; but physically, fat cannot just "convert" into muscle. Instead, you can lose fat and separately gain muscle, and vice versa. They are different processes. This is why the scale only tells a small story: You can, for example, lose weight by losing muscle rather than fat. A study published in July 2017 in Frontiers in Physiology noted that eating higher amounts of protein while in a caloric deficit may help you retain muscle mass while losing weight.
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