Lose Fat and Lose Weight: what difference?

Lose weight, yes, but then, it is better to lose fat instead of muscle. How to do it ?

 The body contains water, organs, muscles, fat ... When the individual loses weight, he can lose fat but also muscle. To avoid losing muscle, it is important to do physical exercise.

However, through exercise, the body can gain muscle and not necessarily lose weight because muscle is denser than fat. This is why measuring waist circumference may be a more useful indicator than weight.With a balance impedance, it is possible to know the composition of his body fat and measure its evolution. In a man of normal weight, fat mass is about 15% to 20% weight, while in women, the proportion is about 25% to 30%.

 

 Sport and protein to keep muscle 

Generally, to gain muscle, you must exercise and eat protein, which can be found in food (animal or vegetable protein) or in food supplements.Energy expenditure depends on various parameters such as sex, age, activity performed, lean mass of the individual ... Through sport, the organization can gain muscle; as muscle mass affects the basic metabolism (resting), the body is more muscular, more basic metabolism increases.Finally, some dietary supplements are marketed as "fat burners". They consist activate the lysis of lipids in fat cells (adipocytes), increasing the basal metabolism of the organism.