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Diet and Nutrition: The Deciding Factor in Weight Loss

I stumbled upon a interesting article on the MSNBC website that I had to share with my readers.  If you have read this blog for any length of time you know how important I think exercise is.  And if you look at this blog you will also see how important nutrition is, but this article I read really shined a lot on priority. In other words, which of these two factors had the most impact with respect to weight loss.

Now it has always been my feeling that they are equally important and even with the article I believe there is some truth to that statement, but the article revealed some interesting things Here they are:

  • The article did a study on women in Chicago (avg. 184 lbs) and Nigeria (avg. 127 lbs) and noticed that the slimmer women in Nigeria did not do any more physical exercise than larger women in Chicago.
  • One key factor.  Most people who increase the physical activity also increase their caloric intake.  This manifest in the person getting healthier, but not losing necessarily losing weight.
  • The key was the diets of those women who were thinner had a different make up than the diet of the women who were fatter, regardless of physical exertion.  The thinner women’s diet was a high fiber and card diet and low in fat and animal protein.  Conversely the Chicago women’s diet was typically 40 to 45 percent high in fat and processed food

My Two Cents: This study really highlights the importance of having a good diet, but there needs to be some healthy caution on these findings.  With all sides being equal, the make up of your diet will probably result in a difference in whether someone is obese or not, but I’m not sure if this stuff addresses the primary goal which is good health.

I know people who slimmed down and got trimmer (they loss typically 2 - 3 inches around their waist) and when they got on the scale, they actually weigh the same or slightly more in some cases.  Why?  I believe this is the result in their loss of fat and increase in muscle mass.  Muscle tends to be denser than fat and will weigh more than fat despite being less spacially.  Ok, let me put it this weigh way :-), you can take a 10 lb iron weight and place in your hand.  Conversely, 10 lbs of styrofoam would take up considerably more space.  What’s the point?

The point is that both diet/nutrition and exercise are important to getting and staying healthy and this article just proves that in order to do so, especially when you goal is to lose weight.  You need to make sure you diet is conducive accomplishing that objective.

To read more on the study go to the MSNBC article. Click Here

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This post was written by admin on January 8, 2009

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