If excessive amoints of body fat lead to hypertension and similar problems, cant muscle mass do the same? -

one must understand that fat and muscle are two completely different substances that play equally diseperate roles in the human body. natural fat usually consists of triglycerides and cause problems when excessive amounts conglomerate along vessel walls, decreasing effective vessel diameter and thus increasing blood pressure. muscles consist mostly of proteins that dont block blood vessels - in fact a quot;muscle pumpquot; exists that uses voluntary skeletal muscle contractions to help force blood back up through the vessels in extremeties where blood pressure is greatly diminished. the only problem with excessive muscle mass (EXCESSIVE is the key word) is that if it is not constantly used, and thus is not required, the body naturally converts a fraction of it to fat, thus increasing body fat levels.

Essential hypertension has no known cause but seems correlated to body weight. It is know to occur in the obese AND in body builders. However, there is no indication that it is the cause of that hypertension. One theory is that the addition capillaries that are needed to supply blood to the additional tissue in both the obese and over muscular causes additional load on the heart, but that is a theory only and has never been proven. This is an area of speculation, only. HOWEVER, fit is better than fat at similar blood pressure levels. Given a choice, go for fit AND trim! There is a point of body fat percentage that is correlated to a longer life span. Go for that.

dude, fat is fat and muscle is muscle. You re probably not going to gain as much muscle as obese people are fat.

Cardio vascular problems coincide with being out of shape.

That s the spirit timmy!!! You don t want any of that nasty muscle to ruin your stellar body!!

Noooo.................... Hypertension is closely related to atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries when fatty substances (ex: cholesterol )...bad fats AKA (Low density lipoprotein )LDL s build up in the arteries...with narrowed arteries....chances are, obviously you ll get hypertension! There is higher blood pressure because since the arteries are narrowed, the blood hits on the walls more... SO...Obesity and hypertension is closely related...all that fat is most likely from all those fatty stuff you ate and those fatty stuff can get into your arteries...narrowing it slowly causing you get a higher blood pressure. However, muscle mass has nothing to do with hypertension our the arteries...atherosclerosis is caused becauses of LDL (bad fats) clogging not the muscle mass...

All weight is definately not the same. The main thing is the hormones that excess fat tissue excreets into your body. Aside from this they re slow to absorb sugar from your blood (they are already full!!!!) They don t use alot of calories to survive, and all the extra weight reeks total HAVOC on your organs, namely your heart and pancrease, and to some extent your lungs. Muscle on the other hand, works very different. It consumes large amounts of energy to survive, quickly atrophies when not in use, and excretes VERY benefical hormones that are involved in endless cycles, the lactic acid cycle (the burn) which cause growth hormone. (That stuff that eats fat and build muscle). I DO HAVE TO NOTE however!!!! Manly large bodybuilders die of heart attacks, even though their colesterol and other readings may be exemplory. But one must also take into consideration steroids, AND the fact that a lack of protein in the diet causes the body to steal protein from the heart to feed other muscles after strenouse excercise (long term)

No, muscle mass is actually a booster for your metabolism and means that you are physically active. It is better to weigh too much if it is muscle than to be a couch potato.