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Is it true that exercise increases your fat-burning rate?
November 5, 2008
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When you look at Dr. Jonny Bowden’s photo, you know that you are looking at a man who practises what he preaches. I’ve known Jonny for two years now and I’ve always been quite impressed with his knowledge of health and nutrition.
The following article from Dr. Jonny might be a good wake-up call for a lot of you who have been putting off exercising:
Post presented by guest health expert Dr. Jonny Bowden
A new fascinating study presented at the American Physiological Society meeting shows that a single bout of exercise can reduce fat by-products inside the muscle, thus affecting insulin sensitivity.
Readers of my newsletter know about insulin resistance- that metabolic state in which the cells become less able to “listen” to insulin. When this happens, blood sugar stays high and the combined effect of high blood sugar and high insulin leads to enormous health problems including metabolic syndrome (a huge risk factor for heart disease), type II diabetes and obesity. (A high number of overweight people are in fact insulin resistant). You don’t want insulin resistance - you want insulin sensitivity.
*** This is the really interesting part of this article ***
In this study, researchers took obese women and put them on three separate two day trials. In the first trial they consumed a “weight-maintaining” diet (this was the control arm of the study). In the second, they overate by a set amount, consuming 700 calories above their “normal” weight maintaining diet. And in the third condition, they also consumed that excess 700 calories, but they exercised to the point where they expended the 700 excess calories.
The researchers found that overeating suppressed fat burning (technically called fatty acid oxidation), while exercise increased it. Even that single workout helped the subjects become less insulin resistant. According to Andrea Cornford, a member of the research team, “Exercise decreases everyone’s insulin resistance and therefore reduces the chances of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes. This study shows that even a single bout of exercise helps obese individuals increase their body’s fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health”.
If you know you need to lose weight, and you’ve tried and failed at diets in the past (who hasn’t?), then I strongly urge you to check out Jonny Bowden’s Diet Boot Camp!.
You’ll find more details here if you’re ready to change your body: Jonny Bowden’s Diet Boot Camp!
Photo from KevinDooley
Posted by Beauty Match on November 5, 2008 | Permalink
Topics: Body & Mind Health, Fit over 35 |
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