In diet, high quality fats and muscle mass has a great connection. This relationship is called testosterone. Testosterone is a hormone that helps in building muscle mass. If you are such a person for whom increasing muscle mass has been tough, please read the whole article and watch the video given below.
There is no doubt that more decent fats you have, your muscle mass increases better. But I am not implying that you have to eat ghee or oil very frequently. If you are eating much more fats than your caloric limit then you will not be muscular but fat instead. Let’s discuss how coconut oil can help you gain muscles. Some scientists did an experiment on male rats in Argentina. These rats were fed with 4 types of fat sources namely coconut oil, olive oil, soya oil and grapeseed oil. This research lasted for 60 days. After 60 days it was seen that rats who were fed with coconut oil or olive oil, their testosterone. The more testosterone you have the better would be muscle mass. Now you might be thinking that the research was on rats, is it applicable for us as well ? In fact, many researches tells us that cholesterol in diet and muscle mass has direct connection. Hence, if you want to increase muscle mass then in your chicken, paneer, omlette, use coconut oil instead.
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