More often than not family members or friends will over indulge in chocolate, pizza, soft drinks etc & simply explain afterwards – “NO worries I’ll just exercise, & get rid of the calories.”
But believe You me THAT is easier said than done.
Often You will hear: “You cannot outrun a bad diet” How true is that, well lets dive in, shall we?
Look at the image below & have a look at what activity you have to do to, to work off a can of Coke:
Unfortunately exercise doesn’t burn off as many calories as we would like to think.
Need I say more?
Experts reckon that weight loss is 80% diet & 20 Exercise.
In an editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) by three of the world’s top experts, Dr Aseem Malhotra, US physician scientist Professor Stephen Phinney & emeritus Professor Tim Noakes, it says exercise is not the most effective weight loss tool. Click Here to view the editorial.
But keep in mind that this research is certainly not in the best interest of Big Food and Big Pharma. The food the Big corporations manufacture are empty calories which pack on the pounds & they would like You to believe that You can simply march off to the gym, do a little exercise & You will maintain a healthy life.
Top British obesity researcher Zoe Harcombe, says: “You can sit on the couch all day and still lose weight”. She’s right, because it makes intuitive as well as scientific sense that exercise is not the best weight loss tool.
Let’s have a look at my friend Lesley who lost weight by only changing her diet – NO exercises…
Have You ever heard of TOFI (thin outside, fat inside). Typically those people who can eat anything but not gain weight. Problem is though that even if they feel slim, there’s still the chance that they’re harbouring dangerous visceral fat (the kind the wraps around your organs, particularly in the abdominal cavity).
This phenomenon is called TOFI – thin outside, fat inside. It’s thought to affect 13 % of people with healthy body mass indexes.
Sugar is the main driving factor for this dangerous belly fat. More than 3,000 scientific articles with thousands of participants have linked excess sugar consumption to metabolic syndrome.
Even if You hit the gym 4 times a week and exercise vigorously – sugar & bad food choices are still STRONGLY linked to serious health conditions than a few extra pounds.
Excess sugar consumption is associated with fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease and premature ageing….and this nobody can outrun!
What it boils down to is this: exercise has benefits but if you have to exercise to keep your weight down, your diet is wrong.
Well should You exercise?
YES, YES & Yes
Exercise is great to:
• tone the body
• build physical fitness and stamina
• lengthen telomeres that contribute to longevity
• reduce stress
• have good skin
• …and best of all You will look great – naked in front of the mirror
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