>Muscle cells require more energy to maintain than fat cells, so people with a higher muscle to fat ratio tend to have a higher BMR.
and
>Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue, so increasing your muscle mass will help you lose weight.
It doesn't seem to address this discrepancy, though (that by exercising to build muscle mass one can affect their BMR and thus the lion's share of the calories burned).
>We have no control over our basal metabolic rate
and then links to a page[1] that explains
>Muscle cells require more energy to maintain than fat cells, so people with a higher muscle to fat ratio tend to have a higher BMR.
and
>Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue, so increasing your muscle mass will help you lose weight.
It doesn't seem to address this discrepancy, though (that by exercising to build muscle mass one can affect their BMR and thus the lion's share of the calories burned).
[1] http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/how-can-I-speed-...