Re: Can fat turn in to Muscle? Where is the fat stored in the human body?

Daniel; your question is a common one-even my college students ask it 
sometimes.  A little background is necessary to answer it.  There are 4 
basic kinds of tissue in the human body; epithelium, connective, muscle and 
nervous.  There are several sub types in several of these basic types such 
as fat (adipose) tissue being a sub type of connective and skeletal muscle 
being a special type of muscle tissue.  So, when one works out, their 
muscle cells get bigger and stronger.  (they don't make more cells!)  At 
the same time, they may be using some of their stored energy as a source of 
the energy to do this working out.  That of course would depend on their 
diet etc. but most times, stored fat would be used up.  The fat cells store 
fat (lipid) in a large vacuole inside each cell, so when the energy is 
used, the fat dissapears when it is being metabolized.  The fat cell 
dosen't dissapear, it only gets smaller.  So, your muscles get bigger and 
your fat cells get smaller, but they do not BECOME the other type of 
tissue.  They always remain the same type of cell.  Since muscle is heavier 
that fat, you may actually weigh more after getting more muscular but you 
will be stronger and burn your food more efficiently than when your fat 
cells were larger.  I hope this answers your question.  It was a great one 
for some one your age.  J. Bridger