How To Know If You Are Burning Muscle Not Fats? Burn Body Fat Not Muscles

by E-NewsCast Team
February 5th, 2010

The danger of any weight loss program is that you may lose moremuscles than fats. This is not healthy at all because when youlose muscles, your metabolism will slow down and your body willin turn retain more fats.So how do you know if you are burning more muscles than fats?There is a simple and inexpensive way to find out.Firstly, you must know that whenever your body burn fats forenergy, a certain chemical call ketones are released. “When yourbody releases ketones, it is chemical evidence that you’reconsuming your own stored fat.” said the famous MD Dr Atkins. You want your body to burn the food you have eaten and even moreso if you are obese, your body fat for energy and not yourmuscles.One simple yet inexpensive way of knowing whether you areburning your body fat or muscles is to test for the productionof ketones. If you are releasing ketones, you are burning fatsinstead of your muscles. If you are you are on a weight lossprogram and you are not producing ketones, then your program isnot effective because you are burning other energy sources suchas carbs or your own muscles. That means your weight lossprogram is virtually ineffective and can even be dangerous.Ketones strips to test for ketones in your urine are readilyavailable in most pharmacies. These strips are usually used bydiabetics but are also a wonderful tool to check how effectiveyour weight loss program is.If you are losing weight and do not include exercises and ahealthy diet in your weight loss program or you are actually ona severe caloric restriction diet, chances are very high thatyou may be burning your muscles for energy instead of your fats.Losing too much muscle is dangerous and may be fatal. Do knowthat your heart is a muscle. Does this statement give youwarning bells?

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