18-01-2006, 09:47 AM
John01 Wrote:If you go on an extreme diet, eating radically less than your body is used to, it decides there is a serious emergency going on and food is likely to be in short supply, so your metabolic rate slows down to conserve the resources (fat) your body has left. I like to lean towards the "muscle weighing more than fat" explanation, which is true but not the whole story.
Agree !!!!