Wednesday, March 23, 2011

working out vs.dieting

A new study confirms the overall research findings that dietary change, specifically eating less fat, produces more weight loss than changes in exercise. Many studies have compared weight loss resulting from changing diet versus increasing activity. weight loss during programs focused on dietary change produced two to three times greater weight loss than programs focused on exercise. long-term results that matter for our health.
            Cutting calories doesn't have to mean dieting. We become overweight when we consume more calories in food and drink than we burn up. To lose weight, we need to shift that balance and burn up more than we consume. We can accomplish that by consuming fewer calories, burning more, or both. Cutting calories doesn’t necessarily have to mean going on a “diet.” It can just mean avoiding or limiting one or more foods high in calories from fat (such as high-fat meat, cheese, or snack foods, or too much added fat), lots of sugar (like sweets or sweetened drinks), or alcohol.
            Exercise plus lower calories for women. In this new study conducted at the University of Minnesota, moderate or substantial drops in dietary fat were linked to weight loss in overweight and obese men and women, regardless of how much they changed physical activity. For women and men to lose weight or just go on a diet. Depends how they want to have their diet. In women, even substantial increases in exercise were not enough to produce weight loss if they did not decrease fat consumption. Men, however, were able to lose weight through increased exercise alone. Men, has the effects of exercise and dietary fat seemed to have independent effects on the amount of weight lost. women, although exercise alone was not a successful weight loss strategy. Exercise changes metabolism to allow more successful weight loss.




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