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n terms of diets, the fastest and most severe are often the most spectacularly ... ephemeral. A softer approach, combined with physical exercise is, however, lasting results. But is that all effective in weight loss?The debate is still open on the independent and combined effects of a diet and increased physical activity on improving body composition, including the distribution of body fat.
The schemes flash nutritional boundless imagination often fly ... a time and then forced to tighten their belts. The other school, for its part defended by most dietitians, combines both awareness of fresh food errors, moderate caloric restriction and increased physical activity daily.
In short, an approach that advocates before all the patience and self-sacrifice, virtues rarely news when a start!.
Eating a lot less or move a little more?
To try to answer this thorny issue, U.S. researchers have begun a randomized study against placebo to 36 people, including 24 in overweight and 12 of normal weight.
During 6 months, volunteers were randomly or kept a regular diet is conducive to maintaining weight, is embarked on a strict diet, which consisted of 25% reduction in energy intake, is associated with the exercise of low 5 times per week (equivalent to increasing the energy expenditure of 12.5%) to a calorie restriction of 12.5%.
The changes in body composition were measured using a DEXA, while changes in fat distribution were visualized CT-Scan.
Small rivers are the major rivers
A calorie is a calorie whether lost by eating less or walking more ... Clearly, if the energy deficit is programmed the same, the decline in body composition and distribution of body fat are the same.
In this experiment, the weight loss was an average of 8 kg, the loss of fat mass of 6 kg and a decrease in visceral fat of about 1 kg in overweight people ... In short, both approaches draw, but these results should be put into context.
Indeed, if we can not between them in terms of weight loss, it is certain that the soft (a light and physical activity) is undoubtedly more pay less because it marginalizes Food and avoids the sword of Damocles that the yo-yo.
Reflections at the time to begin treatment for grapefruit, a regime without a cure or starchy foods in bags in front of his TV ...!
