ktw1990 wrote:Interesting. The internet told me that a pound of fat occupies less space than a pound of muscle. So that explains why Asian women are usually more petite. And that also means if an Asian woman and a Caucasian woman are of the same size, the Asian woman will be the heavier one. Hmm...
Well the internet told you wrong, 180 degrees wrong.
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The density of mammalian skeletal muscle is 1.06 g/ml.
"... 1.06 g/cm-3 which is the density of mammalian skeletal muscle"
Source for quote: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological
Sciences and Medical Sciences 56:B191-B197 (2001)
Specific Force Deficit in Skeletal Muscles of Old Rats Is Partially
Explained by the Existence of Denervated Muscle Fibers
Melanie G. Urbancheka, Elisa B. Pickenb, Loree K. Kalliainenc and
William M. Kuzon, Jr.a,d
http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/c ... 5/B191#R23
2. The density of adipose tissue (fat) is about 0.9 g/ml
"...by multiplying the density of adipose tissue (0.9196 g/ml)"
Source: Association of adiponectin and resistin with adipose tissue
compartments, insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia
M. S. Farvid1, T. W. K. Ng2, D. C. Chan2, P. H. R. Barrett2 and G. F. Watts2*
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/ab ... 04.00410.x
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http://keleefitness.com/does-muscle-wei ... -than-fat/
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earthfriendly wrote:It is easier for Caucasian to gain muscle tone then it is for Asian.
Taking exercise does not seem to be part of the Asian culture (IME), and you can't get 'muscle tone' without it.