Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
A meta analysis of research found the following factors associated with a healthy body weight.
1. Exercising 45-60 minutes per day.
2. Reduced fat diet that emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats and dairy products.
3. Replacing starchy carbohydrates with protein from lean meat.
4. Dairy calcium intake.
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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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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
Weight training improves fat metabolism by upregulating adipose tissue lipolysis and whole body fat oxidation.
While aerobic exercise burns fat primarily during exercise, anaerobic work burns fat primarily in the interval following the workout.
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Low carbohydrate ketogenic diets may be easier to follow than low fat diets. Those on the low carbohydrate ketogenic diet experienced less hunger and better mood than those following a low fat diet. Those on the low fat diet had a tendancy to experience greater hunger as the diet progressed.
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
A low calorie diet produced significant weight loss and improved the fatty acid profile of skeletal muscle lipids. The intramuscular lipids became more unsaturated, this should result in improved insulin sensitivity.
The participants followed a low calorie diet, but there is no reason to believe that a more moderate diet would''nt ...
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Adolescent boys that participated either in continuous exercise, or intermittent style exercise (mimicking sports activities) experienced significant drops in triglycerides after eating.
The intermittent style exercise significantly outperformed the continuous exercise. It lowered triglyceride concentrations by about twice as much. This is consistant with other studies that show that interval style ...
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