The media portrays images of people that are extremely skinny. But what the media doesn’t reveal is that many of these images have been digitally altered.

Even worse, many people may actually believe that this is the path to health.

Thus, here are 6 issues with being too skinny:

1. Fat can be stored inside of you: Although the most visible type of fat resides under your skin, it’s not the most dangerous type of fat. In fact, many people have a significant amount of fat under their skin and are still healthy.

2. Sarcopenia: As you age, your body will naturally lose muscle mass. If you have little muscle mass to begin with, you can end up with an extremely frail body. A situation that can set you up for a wide variety of issues when you are older.

3. Low density bones: This can be extremely crippling because even the faintest of falls can break or fracture you bones. The good news is that resistance training can make your skeletal system much more dense. This in turn will prevent any unnecessary fractures.

4. Metabolic slow down: Your metabolism will naturally slow down as you age. This is just the way the human body works. However, you can reverse this trend by exercising on a regular basis, especially if you lift weights.

5. Hormone optimization: Having more lean muscle tissue will increase the output of many regenerative hormones in your body. Said hormones will help you burn fat, build muscle, have better blood flow, have glowing skin, etc.

6. Joint preservation: A joint with little muscle surrounding it is a joint that is more likely to get injured. The more muscle you have around a joint the less likely it is for the joint to break under pressure. Thus, being skinny is not necessarily a good thing for your joints.

Being super thin is not the path to health. In fact, muscle mass can literally save your life in the long run! So take action here!

About the writer:

Katherine Crawford is an exercise expert and recent arm fat sufferer, instructs on how to tone arms with flab. Figure out how to get sexy and sculpted arms by visiting her blog with tricep exercises that tone and sculpt now.