Sunday, November 30, 2008

Why Diets Work?

I read this article from MenHealth magazine last month, under the Weight-loss Bulletin.

Even lots of exercise is no match to bad eating habits. According to one study from University of Missouri, people lost their guts with a strict diet & a vigorous 5day/week workout. Then they are split into 2 groups, 1 with no exercise another keep exercising. However all ate an average of 500 additional calories/day.

Result? Belly fat returned for everyone! If you take more calorie than you burn, fat return whether you exercise or not. Scary huh? But it's very logical.

Remember, try to eat 5-6 light meals a day rather than 3 heavy meals. Your body will use more energy to digest heavy meal (which will make you tired fast), yet can't do a good job of digesting. It will turn some of them into body fat. And not just the amount, what you eat is also very important, read my other articles here for this.

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