‘Diets and Nutritions’

Sport: 2 myths about the sport to mystify for lose weight

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The health industry and sporting / fitness are filled with myths about the sport. Many of these myths prevent them from losing weight properly. Some myths about the sport are used as excuses for not doing sports. Other myths about the sport are designed as shortcuts during exercise.

1) The muscles turn into fat if you do not do sports regularly
Demystifying: This is not true. The fact is that muscles and fat are two completely different tissues which are two completely different things.

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Muscle tissue is specialized with the ability to conduct electrical impulses and relax or contract, which allows us to move.

The adipose tissue, also called adipose tissue, their function is energy storage. The location of adipose tissue determines its type. Thus, visceral fat is the fatty tissue around the abdominal area beneath the abdominal muscles. The subcutaneous fat lies just under the skin in various parts of the body.

What is important to know is that muscle and fat are 2 different types of tissues that do 2 different jobs. So it is physically impossible that the muscle turns to fat, or fat turns into muscle.

If you stop playing sports, your muscles will atrophy and lose their tone, but they will not turn into fat. Similarly, if you stop doing sport but keep eating, your body will store more fat while muscle mass decreases.

2) weight training makes women too muscular
Demystifying: No, not that much. When it is necessary to muscle, women lack testosterone. Testosterone is a hormone that facilitates the natural affinity of people to develop muscle mass.
That said, some people tend to add muscle mass faster than they can burn fat. This could result in development of the muscles at the beginning. But continuing to play sports and follow a balanced diet, excess fat goes and toned muscles are more apparent.

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Fewer calories: 10 ways to consume fewer calories

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

To consume fewer calories, you may know when to replace mayonnaise with mustard, or when to use milk instead of cream, but there are nevertheless many other ways to consume fewer calories ( at least 100 fewer calories) into your daily diet.

This is a features 10 ways to consume fewer calories:

1) Eat only half a crescent. And try to buy croissants made with whole grains, you will be filled faster and more healthily.

2) The orange juice is good, but eating an orange is even better.

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3) Eat bacon or turkey sausage rather than the traditional versions.

4) Request to remove the butter when you order pancakes or waffles.

5) Blot the fat of fried foods (leaving them on paper towels for example, the fat will be absorbed by the paper) and will reduce up to 30% of calories from food).

6) Eat the smaller muffin at the bakery (or better yet buy an English muffin).

7) Thicken the sauce with cream or evaporated skim milk instead of cream or butter.

8) Eat eggs poached instead of fried eggs.

9) Use of cheese without fat or reduced fat as soon as possible (and Emphasize strong cheeses because you’ll more easily satisfied because the flavor).

10) Sipping milkshakes yoghurt instead of milk shakes with ice cream.

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How to lose the smooth curves?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

You have just given birth to a beautiful baby and you’re ecstatic. But you also want to get into your jeans … To regain your figure quickly without imposing draconian regime, do you turn today.

You have borne a child for 9 months and it is quite normal for your extra pounds do not fly away overnight. Do not let them settle for the same.

We are not tied to the pounds, including to those accumulated during pregnancy. If we consider that a weight gain of 11 to 13 kg is normal, some women are very thin, sometimes up to 18 kg, they can also lose it again quickly after the birth of their child. Some women gain less weight, but found their hard line.

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Certain positive emotions such as optimism, can hinder weight loss

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A recent study conducted in Japan concluded that certain psychological characteristics, positive in principle, could be a difficulty in losing weight. The reason could be that, to the extent that they have, people would be more refractory to let guide or advise.

The research was conducted at the Kansai Medical University Hospital (Japan) over 101 obese patients. Were subjected for 6 months in a therapy combining weight-loss advice, diet and exercise. We conducted a psychosocial profile of the same before and after therapy.

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Is it possible to lose weight with diets high in fat?

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Several authors claim that it is possible to lose weight and build muscle with a high fat diet, the Anabolic and Metabolic Diet by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale and diet Body Opus by Dan Duchaine, are two examples.

According to these diets can lose fat without losing muscle mass. It consists of a very low carbohydrate intake for 5 days with two days with high intake of carbohydrates to achieve the super-compensation.

But, can consume more fat a diet rich in fat, as its proponents claim?. In Fitness Gym tell us that probably not, see the explanation.

Our body provides fat diet very differently to carbohydrates or protein. While our intake of carbohydrates or protein is balanced body use as fuel, fat intake is balanced by changes in body fat deposits.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported two separate studies on how diets affect the use of fats and carbohydrates and fat deposits. One diet was high in carbohydrates and high in fat, while the other contained very little carbohydrate and fat.

Both studies concluded by stating that as carbohydrate intake rose or fell, was the same with its use as fuel. Moreover, the amount of fat eaten, corresponded to the individual body fat percentage, the more consumed, the more retained.

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