You might not realize it but in your efforts to become slim and healthy, you may actually increase your risk of becoming overweight and shorten your life expectancy. This shocking finding is based on the latest research in health and fitness.
Why? The fundamental belief of the majority of weight loss approaches is wrong.
That belief is that expending more energy will result in a reduction in body fat.
This is simply not true.
As in the case of most aerobic exercise, when the energy consumption is too big, the result is not just the loss of body fat but also the loss of precious lean body tissue. While the loss of fat and the loss of lean body tissue result in the loss of weight, and makes you feel good about yourself, you are actually doing irreversible damage to your body. In the long run (no pun intended), the loss of lean muscle results in the loss of metabolically active tissue which reduces your ability to burn calories.
This inevitably results in regaining fat.
The ability to keep weight off in a sustained way depends on the amount of lean muscle tissue that you preserve.
The lean muscle tissue you preserve depends on doing resistance training and the amount of protein you consume during meals.
Diets that are higher in protein and fats and lower in carbs increase lean muscle and ward off diseases such as Type II Diabetes.
Eliminating carbs from your diet does not diminish the energy your body needs as long as you are eating sufficient fats and vegetables.
I hope this article helps you to choose the right type of exercise and the right diet to achieve optimum health and a long life.
About the Author: Clance Laylor
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