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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Running on an empty stomach to lose weight


Physical endurance exercise performed fasting seems more effective for burning fat than the same exercise performed after eating.


Training potentiates this effect, particularly in the woman ... ??

Energy expenditure, fasting sport and thinning
It is well known, the type and duration of physical activity has an important influence on the mobilization of energy reserves of the organism. The nutritional status of a sport (amateur or not) also affects energy expenditure.

To be physically active fasting increases the use of fat to achieve muscular work.

Significant differences between exercise fasting and exercise on a full stomach
Indeed, for the same low intensity exercise, in a normal person, the effort made fasting burns about 45% fat (by "melt" fat, a reaction called lipolysis), while after the ingestion of glucose, same effort burns half less fat ??.

This observation is also true if the effort is more intense: the use of carbohydrates is twice as important if food intake is 8 to 12 hours before the service.

Running fasting can it help lose weight?
From there to lose weight?

Presumably, as highlighted the work of a team of French researchers from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse.

In obese person, conditions of moderate intensity exercise mobilize 47% of fat in energy expenditure, against only 31% after eating, which, if the effort is repeated regularly and is associated with a reduced calorie diet, inevitably leads to weight loss.
Long-distance race
This effect "fat-burning" has its limits.

It is maximum for an effort of moderate intensity (jogging) after an overnight fast but fall rapidly with increasing violence of effort (fast running).

However, more effort is prolonged in time, the more the body will draw energy in fat in adipose tissue and even more if the activity is practiced fasting.

The training burns more
Accustom the body to physical effort fasting also improves the efficiency of fat oxidation, through a metabolic adaptation of the body, more favorable to the use of lipids.

The woman here has undeniable advantages over man. Indeed, at a moderate intensity exercise in obese people, lipolysis and fat oxidation is significantly better for the women.

In conclusion, benefit women and exercise of moderate intensity
In other words, women mobilize more fat than men fasting, but only for low and medium intensity exercise.









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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Is Your Shopping Cart Filled With Empty Calories

I stopped into a store the other day I normally dont frequent, but my Mother asked me to pick something up for her. Since I was just getting the one item, I made my way over to the "20 Items or Less, Express Lane."

I watched the woman in front of me unload her cart:
  • 2 gallons of milk
  • 2 jumbo packages of hot dogs
  • large box of frozen whitefish
  • large box of frozen hamburger patties
  • 2 bags of vinegar & salt potato chips
  • 1 head of iceberg lettuce
  • 2 cucumbers
  • large bottle of salad dressing
  • box of Velveeta cheese
  • loaf of bread
  • bag of M&Ms
  • box of Dulcolax
  • large bottle of Maalox
The irony of the box of laxatives and bottle of antacids wasnt lost on me. But when the clerk announced the grand total of said shopping cart - $103.26 - my jaw dropped. Something to the tune of Are you freaking kidding me? rang through my head. The constipated woman with indigestion didnt bat an eyelash, however, and handed over her credit card to the cashier.

Listen, I dont want to look down my nose at this woman. It wasnt all that long ago when my own vegetable consumption was coming from French fries, potato chips, and iceberg lettuce. I had such killer heartburn that I popped Tums like M&Ms. I was the reigning Queen of Processed Foods.

But since transitioning to a diet of primarily raw, living food, the question I keep hearing from people is, Ooooh, isnt it expensive to eat that way? And my answer is an emphatic, Nope. Thats a fallacy. Although I had never done a concrete comparison, I just knew that I was spending considerably less, as opposed to when I was accumulating frequent flyer miles at the local drive-thru windows.

Chances are pretty good though that if youre cash conscious and on a budget (and who isnt these days?), youre going to opt for junk food that gives you the most calorie bang for your buck (albeit, empty calories). Youre more likely to buy potato chips than carrot sticks.

What people are really buying when they purchase processed foods is convenience: longer shelf life, ease of preparation, greater availability. But, theyre also paying more for all of that processing and convenience.

Anyways, I decided to do a little comparison shopping for myself. Ive been averaging roughly $40 a week, shopping at local farmers markets all summer, but I decided to go into a grocery store and see what $103.26 could buy me.

Have a peak inside my cart:
  • 2 heads of red leaf lettuce
  • 1 head of bok choy
  • 1 head of purple cabbage
  • 2 heads of kale
  • 2 heads of rainbow chard
  • 2 lb mesclun mix
  • 2 pints cherry tomatoes
  • 2 lb green beans
  • 2 lb bell peppers
  • 2 bunches parsley
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 12 English cucumbers
  • 3 avocados
  • 2 lb onions
  • 2 heads of garlic
  • large ginger root
  • 12 lemons
  • 5 lb apples
  • 5 lb bananas
  • 2 large cantaloupe
  • jar of raw tahini
  • jar of raw honey
  • 8 oz raw almonds
  • bag of dried cranberries
Grand total: $102.07, so I even saved $1.19 as compared to my friend with the indigestion.

I have to admit, I was a bit taken aback by the cost of fresh produce in the grocery store, compared to what Ive been paying at the farm stands all summer. The quality of the stuff thats picked green and shipped cross country cant be compared to fresh, vine-ripened produce either. Sadly, the growing season is coming to an abrupt end here and with it the farm stands, so I suspect my $40 a week produce bill is soon to double.

Nonetheless, since taking up residence in the Land of Raw Foods and relinquishing my title as the Queen of Processed Food, the state of my health has increased, and contrary to popular belief, my food budget has decreased.

Take the sage advice of Michael Pollan to heart: Eat food, Not too much. Mostly plants.

Whats in your shopping cart this week?

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