Pumping Iron Can Help With Weight loss

A study from the Boston Medical School has concluded that lifting weights may be as important as aerobic exercise in the fight against obesity. Scientists have proved that building muscle can help re-programme metabolism. Brooke Harrison from the University of Colorado said: “These findings indicate that interventions designed to increase skeletal muscle mass may prove to be critical weapons in the fight against obesity and obesity-related diseases including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.” The scientists created a mouse that could be bulked up with type II muscle (the type of muscle which helps in lifting heavy loads or in short bursts of speed). When the gene for type II muscle was switched off and a sugary high-calorie diet introduced the mouse grew fat but when it was turned on the mouse grew more muscles and lost weight even when it continue with a high calorie diet.