What would cause a person to have really low body fat, no matter how much they eat?
2006-08-23 14:04:58 · 14 answers · asked by Orange 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Fast metabolism
2006-08-23 14:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by mathura529@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fast metabolism. If you're young just go with it, because if you shovel food down and eat real fatty food all the time it will catch up with you. I was always 100-105 until I was about 19 yrs and I wanted to gain weight to have some figure to me and I ate and ate, well it caught up to me and now I'm about 122-125 and it shows on my stomach! My body was meant to be smaller and not to add fat because it doesn't go with my body frame at all. I am now working out a lot and eating 5 healthy small meals a day to get back.
2006-08-23 14:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by lees girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genetics and fast metabolism. I'm 5'3'' and I eat like a pig. I can eat big macs and buffets all the time and I still weigh 100 lbs no matter what. My mom is only 95 lbs and my 2 fav cousins are also 100 lbs. Btw, we rarely exercise. We just play sports for fun every now and then and yep that's it.
2006-08-23 14:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by bebeeangeldust 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couple of reasons:
1) Quick metabolism: They burn calories quite quickly and are able to burn off my calories than they take in during the day.
2) Muscle Mass: Having more muscle mass allows for lowers your bodyfat percentage, because your bodyfat is a factor of how much muscle you have on your body compared to fat. Additionally, muscle is more metabolically active than fat, so a muscular person must eat more to maintain his muscle - So one is able to eat alot and still retain low body fat levels.
2006-08-23 14:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by muva2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's me. I've always been super high energy. Loved to run around all day when I was a kid. Sorta like Forrest Gump.
These days, it sucks for me to be so thin as a dude. I eat like a pig, but it goes right through me.
As far as the reason? Maybe it's because I ate a leprechaun that I caught in my sandbox when I was 5. He didn't taste very good but my cat told me to do it, so I did. I felt bad for the poor leprechaun, but I can't live my entire life regreting it.
2006-08-23 14:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
High metabolism (>1200) and the digestion is weak. Whatever things he/she eat, the absorption is not functioning well.
2006-08-23 14:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by JOY 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a high metabolism.
2006-08-23 14:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fast metablolism
2006-08-23 14:06:22 · answer #8 · answered by Ashley010 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plenty of exercise.
2006-08-23 14:06:21 · answer #9 · answered by Jacks036 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a high metabolism.
2006-08-23 14:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋