Reading around I have seen suggestions that extra muscle can be as tough on the heart as carrying extra fat. This seems very unintuitive, I think of muscle as the good stuff and fat as bad (to an extent of course). But the logic is that muscle needs oxygen and nutrients and more of it strains the body, possibly shortening lifespan in the process even at a natural level (but high relative to the population). Is this true or just a myth?
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