Muscle turns to fat if you don’t exercise

It might look and feel that way, but one type of tissue can never turn into another type. Exercise requires more energy, which mostly comes from burning fat. At the same time, exercise improves muscle tone. So instead of weak, flabby muscles covered by a thick layer of jiggly fat, you have strong muscles covered with a thin layer of fat.

Dr Jeff Foster of H3health.co.uk says: “If you don’t exercise, you would simply lose the muscle you had, and it would just shrink down. However, if you keep eating the same amount as when you were exercising harder, then you would increase your fat levels, as you are eating the same calorie amount, but just not using it up.”