Increasing muscle mass and decreasing fat content in your body can increase resting metabolism. Why is this?
A) because fat cells have no blood supply and cannot carry nutrients to be metabolized
B) because doing so requires exercise and exercising burns calories
C) because muscle cells have more mitochondria than fat cells, allowing for more energy to be made from sugar
D) because adipocytes contain more cytoplasmic inclusions which slow down metabolism
C) because muscle cells have more mitochondria than fat cells, allowing for more energy to be made from sugar
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