adding muscle does allow us to burn more calories, and to a certain extent, help us to keep fat off.

we are all born to have certain hormone levels. our bodies will always attempt to adjust to these hormone levels. some of these hormone levels are the cause for each of us having so many body fat cells, and it is the number of fat cells that dictate our body's preferred body fat percentage.

this is why liposuction actually does work, because it eliminates some fat cells, thereby actually lowering the body's set point.

each of us is only gonna have so much muscle, mostly determined by our testosterone levels. and i do believe it is a good idea for us to have as much muscle as our body naturally allows.

but within those limits, we are better off with slowed down metabolisms. we age slower, we have less anxieties about getting older, and all the things that go along with it.

if someone is carrying around more fat than what is ideal for that person, speeding up the metabolism is not the answer, for the answer to all problems is to fix the problem at the source, which is what medicine almost never does. most pills that one takes, work by shutting down some enzyme that may have gone out of kilter, but it does not address the reason why it went out of kilter in the first place, which means that because the real problem was never solved, it still exists to create other problems for us in the future.