Re: 50 calories per pound of muscle? Where did it come f...

[Guest guest]

Is Ellington Darden the one who invented and build the Nautilus line of

exercise equipment? I've seen Ellington Darden on television promoting the

Bowflex made by Nautilus

Edwin Freeman, Jr.

San Francisco, USA

In a message dated 6/13/2010 12:36:19 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

jwatsonjr7@... writes:

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I found a Muscular Development article from about 1987 by Ken Hutchins and

Ellington Darden who were promoting the Nautilus Diet book stating

that... " A

gain of one pound of muscle raises the metabolic rate by 75 calories per

day; "

Curious where they got that number from.

Manchester, CT

: Thanks for your contribution to this always confusing topic. I know

the guy who co-wrote " ghosted " the book with Paff. Who knows who actually

slipped in the offending factoid? Too late now. Anyway, I once found a

chart that listed calorie burn of various body tissues per kg per day. Or

something very close to that. You know: skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, liver,

brain. I'm sure everyone knows the brain is a big hog. I don't think I have

the basic comparative info any longer, so would be interested to see if

anyone on this group can find it, and post it.

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