Archive for the ‘Exercise’ Category
Friday, May 18th, 2007
Runners consumed either a low protein, moderate protein or high protein diet and whole body protein turnover was measured post exercise. Unfortunately, changes in body composition were not studied.
No difference in protein synthesis was found between the diets. Protein breakdown was increased in the high protein group, probably indicating that ...
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Resistance training produces significant physiological improvements in elderly subjects, even in the absence of weight loss, in as little as 12 weeks.
Decreases in waist circumference and visceral fat were noted, along with corresponding increase in HDL cholesterol and decreases in triglycerides and HbA(1c).
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Friday, April 6th, 2007
For weight loss, it does''nt seem to matter how you induce a caloric deficit, whether through diet or exercise. Inducing a caloric deficit in either way resulted in similar improvements in body weight, fat mass, insulin sensitivity and visceral fat volume.
Still, both diet and exercise are important for other reasons ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
Having a high level of aerobic capacity offer protection against a high fat diet. Rats with an inbred low aerobic capacity were heavier, with elevated triglycerides and had lower muscle oxidative capacity when fed a high fat diet compared to rats with a higher aerobic capacity.
Aerobic capacity is usually measured ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
You may get better results by breaking up your aerobic exercise into shorter periods seperated by a rest period. It appears the fat metabolism is enhanced during the second session.
In the study, they compared a 60 minute aerobic session with 2 30 minute sessions with a 20 minute rest in ...
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
A small group of men performed 3 types of exercise training:
1. Aerobic training only.
2. Weight training followed by aerobic training with a 20 minute rest period in between.
3. Weight training followed by aerobic training with a 2 hour rest period.
When the group performed aerobic training 20 minutes after resistance training, ...
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
The number of steps taken per day, as measured by a pedometer, is significantly correlated with the rate of obesity, waist circumference and BMI in children.
The number of steps also predicted the degree of obesity.
PMID: 17264846
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Runners were given either a high glycemic or a low glycemic meal 3 hours prior to running. When the runners received the low glycemic meal they experienced better endurance and greater fat oxidation rates.
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