Changing body fat for energy or muscle?

Question

i heard you can change body fat into muscle or can you change body fat into energy to build muscle whitch one is true and how is the best way to lose body fat and build muscle at the same time

Answer 1

you cant "turn" fat into muscle - those are two different tissues
body uses fat for energy and to lose fat you have to follow healthy diet and exercise
find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio is the only fat burning exercise and burns fat all over your body (running, jogging, swimming, spinning, elliptical etc) 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), weight training a few times a week, heavy weight, low amount of reps will build muscle, never work on the same muscle group two days in a row (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 2

You can't change body fat into muscle they are two completely different things. However body fat is simply excess stored energy on your body.

In terms of losing body fat and gaining music I think it is possible but your going to get very slow results in terms of building muscle. And I mean very slow because if your burning up calories in order to lose fat your also robbing your muscles of the nutrients and calories they need to grow. Alternating days of losing fat and gaining muscle doesn't work well either because the days your doing cardio instead of resistance training your muscles are trying to rebuild so by doing lots of cardio your robbing them of the nutrients they need to rebuild while stressing them at the same time. So realistically not really, the best results are done if you either bulk or cut, not to do both at the same time.

Answer 3

You use body fat to make for a deficit in energy (calories) to operate all of your body functions. Fat does not, and will not magically turn into muscle. Fat is essentially a ball of stored calories your body calls on when you need energy.