Is it true that … muscle turns into fat if you stop working out?
If you take a break from the gym you may lose muscle and gain fat, but it isn’t as simple as one turning into the other ‘This is not true,” says Prof Leigh…
The Guardian reports: If you take a break from the gym you may lose muscle and gain fat, but it isn’t as simple as one turning into the other ‘This is not true,” says Prof Leigh Breen, a specialist in muscle physiology at the University of Leicester.
But it’s a statement he hears a lot, particularly from people who have taken a long break from exercise. “There’s no known process in the human body that…
This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Prof Leigh Breen and University of Leicester.
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