Why Being Ultra Thin Doesn’t Guarantee Health

You are constantly bombarded with images of ultra skinny models. Unfortunately, they don’t tell you that these images have been modified and many of these models starve themselves.

Even worse, many people may actually believe that this is the path to health.

So here are some factors to consider:

1. Fat can be stored around your organs and inside of your arteries: You see, fat doesn’t just get stored under your skin. So you could be really thin, but have a large amount of fat in you arteries. In fact, I have seen many case studies of thin people undergoing heart surgery.

2. Age related lean tissue loss: As people age they naturally begin to lose muscle mass. The good news is that this can be avoided very easily with exercise. In fact, you can increase you lean tissue as you age if you resistance train.

3. Brittle bones: Fractures, especially hip fractures are very common in elderly people. Now a lot of these fractures can be avoided if you have more dense bones. And the best way to boost bone density is with resistance training.

4. Metabolic slow down: Your metabolism will naturally slow down as you age. This is just the way the human body works. However, you can reverse this trend by exercising on a regular basis, especially if you lift weights.

5. Better endocrine function: A skinny person will have a worse endocrine profile versus someone that is constantly exercising. And your endocrine system, which is in charge of producing hormones, will keep you much younger.

6. Joint preservation: A joint with little muscle surrounding it is a joint that is more likely to get injured. The more muscle you have around a joint the less likely it is for the joint to break under pressure. Thus, being skinny is not necessarily a good thing for your joints.

Being too skinny presents a lot of issues. Issues that can be resolved with a solid resistance training program!

Author Katherine Crawford, a fitness physiologist and former arm fat sufferer, teaches how to tone arms with flab. Figure out how to get sexy and sculpted arms by visiting her website with tricep exercises that tone and sculpt now!