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Diet Only Weight Loss
Losing weight has been discovered to be more related to calorie intake
and calorie content adjustments, as in the type of foods eaten.
According to studies, this has more power than exercise in controlling
proper weight.
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Diet alone sufficient for weight loss
22 February 2007 - Ben Wasserman -
foodconsumer.org
Dieting and exercising can help weight loss. But dieting
alone can be as effective, according to a new study published in a
recent issue of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Weight loss occurs in a person who reduces intake of calories in his
diet and or increases energy expenditure through physical exercise.
"What we found was that it did not matter whether a reduction in
calories was achieved through diet or burned everyday through
exercise," Dr. Leanne Redman of the Pennington Biomedical Research
Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
In the 6-month study of thirty-five overweight but otherwise healthy
adults, 12 were assigned to reduce their calorie intake by 25
percent. 12 were assigned to diet plus exercise, reducing calorie
intake by 12.5 percent and increasing their exercise by 12.5
percent. The remaining 11 were not asked to change any thing in
terms of diet and physical activity.
Redman and team found that both the diet group and diet plus
exercise group experienced the same amount of weight loss. They lost
10 percent of their body weight, 24 percent of their fat mass and 27
percent of their abdominal "visceral" fat - the risky fat linked to
heart disease.
The results suggest that to shed pounds, one does not need to do
both dieting and exercising. Dieting alone can be sufficient.
But the authors said that exercise can also improve aerobic fitness
and reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and certain types of
cancer in addition to weight loss.
The researchers also found that exercise helps weight loss across
the whole body. One can't lose weight in a specific spot by doing
physical exercise.
"Our study then would indicate that weight loss cannot override the
way in which any individual stores fat. Perhaps an apple will always
be an apple, and a pear, a pear," Redman was quoted by Reuters as
concluding.
A scientist affiliated with foodconsumer.org comments that people
should not count on exercise to shed pounds. The best way to control
weight is to control intake of calories.
He also suggests that calorie control does not mean you have to
control your appetite. Instead, you have to decide what to eat and
then eat whatever amount you want to to satisfy your appetite.
To achieve such a goal, one might increase intake of plant derived
foods and reduce intake of animal derived foods. When one eats plant
based foods, it is very hard for most people to gain weight no
matter how much he eats.
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