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Achieve Optimal Weight By Balancing Build and Break Processes
Three steps to gain metabolic flexibility to burn excess visceral fat and maintain lean muscles as we age
Both muscles and stored fats are necessary to live a healthy life. Our muscles are crucial in keeping us healthy and strong, especially as we age. The body also needs some stored fat for various reasons like energy, hormonal balance, and protection of organs.
So, maintaining a delicate balance of our metabolic factors is essential for health and a better physique. Weight management is not too complex. But we make it complex by ignoring the key principles of metabolism.
As we age, our bodies tend to lose muscle mass and gain more fat. This situation may cause serious health problems like sarcopenia, type II diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.
Skeletal muscle is extra vital as we get older for healthspan and lifespan. Its adequate amount is critical for good metabolism, flexibility, and body composition.
To mitigate metabolic health risks, we must ensure our bodies can build and maintain muscle (anabolic) while breaking down stored fats (catabolic) in the right…
