Sentences with phrase «than muscle account»

However, tissues other than muscle account for more than half of the total protein turnover.

Not exact matches

The study found that concussions were the most common injury, accounting for three in ten of all cheerleading injuries (followed by ligament sprains, muscle strains and fractures), but that concussion rates were significantly lower in cheerleading (2.2 per 10,000 athlete - exposures) than all other high school sports combined (3.8 per 10,000 exposures) and all other girls» sports combined (2.7 per 10,000 exposures).

«Women have a higher incremental risk of suffering an arrhythmia after taking these drugs than do men probably because (1) the interval between heart muscle contractions is naturally longer for women than for men and (2) male sex hormones moderate the heart muscle's sensitivity to these drugs,» the U.S. General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office) concluded in 2001.

When you want to put extra muscle on your frame, you need to eat more calories than your body will spend, meaning you have to take into account your activity levels.

And this isn't even taking into account muscle weighing more than fat, different body types having different densities and so many other things that factor into our weight changing.

Men have more skeletal muscle in their upper body, which may account for why women have more difficulty than men in regards to completing push - ups and pull - ups.

As was mentioned above, due to the fact that most calculations on protein need are based solely on the amount needed to optimize muscle mass, and due to the fact that, in reality, muscle accounts for less than half of the total body protein need, much more dietary protein is needed that what has been typically suggested by researchers and instructors in the nutritional community.

Probably the most important, under - appreciated reason is that muscle, which, traditionally, was the only consideration in determining daily protein requirements, in reality accounts for less than half of the total protein need.

From a physiological standpoint fat loss happens faster than gaining muscle, so take that into account.

Athletes and completely out - of - shape people can have similar BMI scores, or a very muscular person could be classified as «obese» using BMI, when in reality it is mostly lean muscle accounting for their higher - than - average weight.

Unlike other insurers, Health IQ accounts for your physical fitness, muscle tone, diet, and other factors that prove you're healthier than any BMI chart indicates.

After taking into account the patients» medical history, medications and other factors, cardiologists discovered that those individuals with deficient levels of vitamin D were more than twice as likely to have diabetes, 40 percent more likely to have high blood pressure and about 30 percent more likely to suffer from a diseased heart muscle, as people without D deficiency.