Sunny Health Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo / President: Masahiro Nishimura), which develops the long-selling diet food "Micro Diet", has conducted a research report "Muscle Training and Work" on the diet information transmission site [microdiet.net]. What you should be aware of now in the out boom is lean body mass (LBM) ”has been released.
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■ Now in the muscle training boom, "lean body mass" rather than body fat
However, the number of people who think that the thinner the better, is decreasing, and now it is the heyday to do healthy body makeup by muscle training and workouts.
Many people actively take protein (= protein), and many men and women work hard at the gym or at home to lose body fat, build muscle, and get a lean and lean body. I'm out.
BMI (Body Mass Index) is an important keyword in dieting and is one of the indicators of obesity, but the word "lean body mass" or "LBM (Lean body mass)", which is also an indicator, is used. Have you heard of it? It's not a very common word yet, but it's literally the weight of lean body mass, which means muscles, bones, internal organs, blood, etc. as LBM.
■ Do you know the degree of obesity with BMI?
BMI is an index showing the degree of obesity calculated from weight and height, and can be calculated using the values of height and weight. On the other hand, for people who have muscle training or athletes who have a lot of muscle mass, the BMI is proportionally higher because the muscles are heavier than the fat. A high BMI does not make it possible to determine whether or not you are obese.
What you should be aware of is not the weight for your height, but your muscle mass. The LBMI (Leam body mass index), which is based on LBM, which is lean body mass, is effective for accurately knowing muscle mass.
■ How to calculate LBM and LBMI
LBM can be calculated by a simple calculation using body weight and body fat percentage. As for body fat percentage, many scales can be measured these days, so use those.
Example: Height 160 cm, weight 55 kg, body fat percentage 25%
LBM (kg) = body weight (kg) x (100-body fat percentage (%)) ÷ 100
55 × (100-25) ÷ 100 ＝ 41.2 → LBM is 41.2kg
LBMI = LBM (kg) ÷ height (m) ÷ height (m)
41.2 ÷ 1.6 ÷ 1.6 ＝ 16.1 → LBMI is 16.1
■ LBMI standard value
LBMI of about 14 to 17 is appropriate for women. The smaller the number, the less muscle mass, and the larger the number, the more muscle mass. Since men originally have more muscle mass, the appropriate value is higher than that of women, and it seems that about 16 to 19 is average.
■ For a body that is hard to gain weight by training muscles
Most people experience that muscles are weakened if they are not used. Furthermore, it is said that muscular strength naturally decreases with aging, peaking in the 20s and decreasing by about 1% per year. Therefore, the LBMI value will also decrease.
It can be said that it is essential to build muscle in order to become a body that does not gain weight even after eating. Push-ups and abdominal muscles come to mind when it comes to muscle training, but if you want to do muscle training efficiently, you need to train the muscles of your lower body.
The energy that is automatically used only when humans are alive is called "basal metabolism", and about 40% of basal metabolism is consumed by muscles. The more muscle you have, the more energy you metabolize, so it's better to train the larger muscles in your thighs and buttocks than the smaller ones in your arms and abdomen.
More details on the latest article on microdiet.net
Please refer to "Lean body mass (LBM) that you should be aware of now in muscle training and workout boom".
https://microdiet.net/diet/001210/
■ What is microdiet.net?
microdiet.net provides information to help you know the correct knowledge with the cooperation of registered dietitians who have specialized in nutrition and staff who have experienced diet support for hundreds of people.
In addition, we publish news related to domestic and overseas diets and the results of our own research.
Through this site, we hope that the results of dieting will differ greatly depending on your consciousness and ingenuity, and that it will be an opportunity for many people to think about their own lives and health.
■ About diet food "Micro Diet"
A diet food developed in the United Kingdom in 1983 based on the Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD) theory that "if you get the necessary nutrients properly, you can diet without harming your health even if you reduce calorie intake" It is a "micro diet".
By replacing the normal diet with "micro diet", we aim to reduce calorie intake and aim for a healthy diet.
Individual lifestyles and constitutions have various effects on weight loss, and it is necessary to review lifestyle habits.
Developed in the UK, "Micro Diet" has been sold in 41 countries around the world, and Sunny Health Co., Ltd. started selling in Japan in 1989, and has been used by more than 3.6 million people since 1989. During that time, various studies have been conducted and it is also used by many specialized institutions.
"Micro Diet" has a total of 16 types of lineup including drinks, risotto, pasta, cereals, and premiums.
Although many diets have been popular for 30 years since their release, "Micro Diet" has been a long-selling diet with high safety and certainty.
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■ Sunny Health Co., Ltd. Company profile
Established: December 1978
Headquarters: 2-1-6 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Yaesu k Building 6th floor
Representative: Masahiro Nishimura
Capital: 100 million yen
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