Interesting article about diet vs. exercise (carbs, cardio, running, protein)

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by Silver8ack

While that may be technically true, it's irrelevant for most people. If someone fixes their diet and only eats healthy foods BUT continues to have long periods of muscle disuse, they likely will just be trading one health problem for another. One with just as severe of consequences such as:

* Weakened muscles
* fascia binding
* Tightened, or shortened muscle fibers.
* Muscle fibers breaking down also called muscle atrophy

Here is an excerpt from a study by the Mayo Clinic... Desk jobs can be killers, literally - The Washington Post



This is regardless of their diets. Bottom line is you need both not only to look and feel good, not only for a longer life, but even just to stave off health problems that you maybe only associate with the obese.

All true, but not the subject of the article.

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

Nope. A calorie is a calorie.

Not true.

All Calories Not Created Equal, Study Suggests

[aneye4detail]

Originally Posted by Momma_bear

Not true.

All Calories Not Created Equal, Study Suggests

MAY not be true.....or, not true according to this article.....or pay attention to the title, Study SUGGESTS......

[stan4]

Diet and exercise, in my opinion, are two separate things that exist for two separate purposes.

At times, the two intersect and augment the efforts of the other on the path to health.

But otherwise, diet and exercise are two different things that serve two separate purposes in your life and the wellbeing of your body.

You can't just pick one or the other.

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by aneye4detail

MAY not be true.....or, not true according to this article.....or pay attention to the title, Study SUGGESTS......

Semantics.

Should You Count Calories

The truth about losing weight can surprise

[MyScreenName]

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds - CNN.com

[brava4]

Originally Posted by Momma_bear

Not true.

All Calories Not Created Equal, Study Suggests

Totally agree with this.

[McBain II]

Originally Posted by Momma_bear

All true, but not the subject of the article.

That's a poorly written article, but even then it doesn't say what you think it does.

This suggests that very-low-fat diets may actually slow a person's metabolism down to a level where it is not burning calories as effectively as it could, says researcher David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, who directs the Optimal Weight for Life program at the Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital in Boston.

The knowledge that diets have metabolic effects is certainly not groundbreaking, but that has nothing to do with a calorie being a simple unit of measurement.

[jerseygal4u]

Hmmm,i ate healthy but am still fat.


When i did both,i lost weight.

WHo keeps repeating that myth that exercise makes you hungrier?

If anything,it decreases appetite.

[Luckyd609]

Originally Posted by jerseygal4u

Hmmm,i ate healthy but am still fat.


When i did both,i lost weight.

WHo keeps repeating that myth that exercise makes you hungrier?

If anything,it decreases appetite.

I agree. It deceases my appetite. For me exercise is essential to losing weight. I just make sure I am burning more than I am consuming. A strenuous hour or so can torch a decent amount of calories. I am certainly not going to eat those calories back.
I have also done the low carb, no bread, paleo-esque type of eating and found that I do much, much better when I eat from all the food groups, concentrating on veggies, lean proteins a grains like quinoa and healthy fats. I look better, I feel better and my body is much more efficient.