2023-05-14 07:02:52
The diet alone, in sedentary individuals, leads to a reduction in weight in which due to the decrease not only in fat mass but also in a substantial amount of muscle mass
I have been on a diet for some time but with little results on weight loss. I’ve been meaning to increase exercise, but I’ve read that exercise doesn’t actually count for much in losing weight. What should I believe and what do you suggest I do?
He answers Gianfranco Beltramivice-president of the Italian Sports Medicine Federation (VAI AL FORUM)
A correct dietonly if combined with regular physical exercise, represents the winning way for effective and long-lasting weight loss. The diet alone, in sedentary individuals, in fact leads to a reduction in weight in which due to the decrease not only in fat mass but also in a substantial quantity of muscle masswith the consequence of a reduction in metabolism and a quick recovery of the pounds lost when you stop the diet. The kilos regained will then only be of fat mass and not of muscle, so in the end with each diet you will find yourself more and more flaccidless and less strong and with the need to make ever more extreme diets to lose weight again.
On the other hand exercise, if of moderate intensity and not performed every day, has not shown considerable advantages on weight loss if combined with an incorrect, high-calorie diet and above all rich in carbohydrates and simple sugars. To get the best result it is therefore important to combine a healthy and balanced diet, not necessarily too restrictive, with constant and daily exercise in which the motor activity will be modulated on the basis of the individual characteristics of the subject, always combining an aerobic part (possibly daily) to exercises for maintenance and improvement of muscle toneto be performed at least twice a week. A purely aerobic activity, such as walking or running for example, could in fact favor a process of destruction of muscle mass with a decrease in metabolism and consequent lower efficacy of the diet.
So for every person It is important that physical activity is individualized and carried out at the correct load intensity, increasing both the duration and the progression of the exercise over time. Once you get the desired weight, you need to continue physical activity on a constant and regular basisnot only to avoid gaining weight but also to maintain a good state of health, greater efficiency of the cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal systems, to have an improvement in the psychological state and mood, reduce stress, promote sleep and slow down physical and cerebral ageing.
May 14, 2023 (change May 14, 2023 | 07:02)
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