This may seem counter-intuitive. Researchers say the more you exercise, the better you store fat.
But wait! Isn't the whole point of exercise not to be fat? Yes, but the key question is not whether your body stores fat, because storing fat is essential for health, but how your body stores it.
Researchers from the University of Michigan reported in the journal Nature Metabolism that people who exercise regularly have a greater capacity to store fat tissue under the skin. That's good — mainly because if you aren't storing fat under the skin, it is probably going to the liver, heart, or pancreas. Extra fat in organs prevents them from working correctly.
In fact, fat is supposed to be stored under the skin and in those who regularly exercise, that's where it goes. Once stored, those fat reserves can be quickly accessed for extra energy, according to CNN.
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