Myths about Weight Loss

2008 October 18
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Weight Loss Myths

If you want to start a diet, fist you must know that nutrition, exercise and weight loss are surrounded by a large number of myths. We can’t list them all, but here are the most common ones.

  1. Not exercising gets you stout.

The body stout doesn’t come as a result of lack of exercise. It is gained when your blood sugar level is very high and outruns what you are using. In the end this means that you take in too many calories. Consequently, daily exercise helps you burn these calories that are in excess, not to bring up the many other health benefits that come as a result. If you take in more calories than needed you will see that exercise is not enough for you to lose weight.

So this is the most vital thing to dredge up if you want to lose weight: taking in more calories than you can burn means quick weight, your body storing them as stout. Always dredge up that you need to work out and you can even have a excellent free exercises at home or in the park.

2. The metabolism starts to slow down after turning 30.

This is another common myth. But really, it had been shown by the many research studies that this metabolism slow down with age comes as a cause of muscle tissue loss, this loss being related to the lack of corporal exercise. So if you want to avoid this metabolism slow down as you get older, don’t forget to contain in your exercise curriculum forms of weight impact exercise, for example gym work.

  1. Carbohydrates are fattening.

All over the world food like pasta and bread is being avoid by people who believe these foods are fattening because they are sources of carbohydrates. We are also faced with low carb diets. But any kind of food or drink can be fattening if you make abuse and eat more than you need; even fruit or vegetables, like lettuce, can be deposited as body stout, if the sugar level in your blood exceeds the needs of your body. So it doesn’t really matter what you eat, as long as you know how much and when to eat it.

  1. Eating after 7pm makes you stout

This is fake. You will get stout no matter what time you eat, as long as you don’t really need these extra calories. But if your body needs them, you can eat after 7pm without to worry about your weight. The secret is to eat in the adequate moments of the day, when you burn more calories than ordinarily.

  1. Strength training makes you bulky

You won’t believe how many women worry about this. But intensive strength training can’t determine your muscle size; hormone manufacture and genetics do.

Really, for women, construction muscles has its benefits: muscles help you burn calories. Consequently more calories are burned if you have more muscle; but burning the stout quicker and simpler is not the only advantage; it also makes it harder to gain that stout back.

These are only five common weight loss myths. We will discuss the other ones in future articles. Until then, keep these in mind, stay healthy and keep on exercising. Stay fit and learn how to lose weight the right way!

 

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