Did you know that:
1lb of muscle burns 35 calories a day
1lb of fat burns just 2 calories per day
Think strength training is important now?
We all know that protein is a key component of gaining muscle and protein generally requires about 25% more energy to digest. So, at least theoretically a high-protein snack will rev metabolism a little more than a carb-heavy food with the same number of calories.
Unfortunately, there is no super food to boost metabolism significantly but here are a couple tidbits to think about this week.
*Some information retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/guide/make-most-your-metabolism?page=3 on 3/04/2012
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