Training Crucial
Until then, Dr. Contreras and colleagues advise close monitoring of one’s body weight and the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle. Excessive fat accumulation in the muscles can be prevented and reversed through adequate exercise and healthy nutrition, they emphasized.
The important message is that these measures are possible. “With healthy nutrition and exercise, excess fat can be reduced. We have observed a reduction in muscle fat in obese individuals with just two sessions of 15-minute high-intensity workouts per week,” Dr. Zopf reported, citing her own research. The more obese a person is and the higher the inflammation in the body, the more likely additional medication may be needed.
Dr. Zopf also pointed out a peculiarity of intramuscular fat tissue. “Muscle fat can only be trained off.” A fatty liver or too much fat under the skin can be combated well with a diet, but muscles are different. “For that, you have to exercise to counteract the inflammatory cascade in the muscles.”
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