February 29, 2012 | healthcaremagic.com. Within hours of the procedure I had a fever of about 102 and body aches, chills, and bad diarrhea with a lot of mucus accompanied by horrific cramps. ...My fever and chills and aches went away last....
Where the misunderstanding often comes in is that muscle is much more dense than fat, so that, by volume, it seems to weigh more. That is, a pound of muscle occupies less space than a pound of fat.
Muscle Burns More Calories Than Fat. It is also worth noting that a pound of muscle will burn more calories than a pound of fat. Yes, your body composition actually impacts how many calories your body is burning day to day. If you take 2 guys that weigh 180 pounds, but one of them is 8% body fat and the other is 30% body fat, they will generally have very different BMRs. Typically, the BMR of the guy with more muscle and less fat will be higher. In this way, muscle is not only more dense than fat, but it is also more expensive than fat, in terms of how many calories it burns just by existing. However, the extent of the difference is often grossly exaggeratedâ¦.