Is exercise directly useful to dieters?

"Vance Roos" wrote in message
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Is exercise really useful to dieters?

I do not mean that exercise is useful to dieters in improving mood or
agility or motivation or using calories or whatever.

I am asking if exercise is really useful in helping the metabolism of
a dieter in burning off fat or prevemting it being laid down.

Can anyone give me any information about this please.

Well, do you mean cardio or weights? If you do weightlifting, you will help
prevent muscle loss, which is inevitable during weightloss.

det

In article , Jayjay
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:18:07 +0100, Vance Roos
wrote:

Can you lose weight without exrcise - well, yes technically you can.


let's hope so. I'm nearing the end of Week 3 which I've renamed
"Weak 3) of the flu and all is quiet on the exercise front until I can
breathe without a hacking cough again.

--
Diva
*************
The Best Man for the Job is a Woman

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 15:59:46 -0400, Carol Frilegh
wrote:

In article , Jayjay
wrote:

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 20:18:07 +0100, Vance Roos
wrote:

Can you lose weight without exrcise - well, yes technically you can.


let's hope so. I'm nearing the end of Week 3 which I've renamed
"Weak 3) of the flu and all is quiet on the exercise front until I can
breathe without a hacking cough again.

rest and heal...

Vance Roos writes:

Is exercise really useful to dieters?

Yes. However, it's easier to cut calories by eating less than it is to
cut calories by exercising more. For example, just skipping one glass
of whole milk a day will cut 215 kcal or so, whereas you'd have to walk
briskly for at least 30-45 minutes to burn off the same number of
calories with exercise.

I am asking if exercise is really useful in helping
the metabolism of a dieter in burning off fat or
prevemting it being laid down.

Exercise burns calories, but not as quickly as you might think. So,
while exercise will allow you to burn more calories and thus lose more
weight, it usually doesn't make as big a difference as simply eating
less will make. Unless you exercise for many hours each day, that is.

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Sigh. As I posted before, metabolism is controlled by
the thyroid gland.

What exercise does is
-- build muscle, the only part of the body that burns calories.
-- burns calories.
-- lowers blood pressure
-- raises HDL the good stuff
-- prevents osteoporosis
-- prevents dementia, both senile and Alzheimers
-- prevents cancer, particularly breast, prostate, and colo-rectal
-- controls insulin use for non-insulin dependent diabetics

Vance Roos wrote:

Is exercise really useful to dieters?

I do not mean that exercise is useful to dieters in improving mood or
agility or motivation or using calories or whatever.

I am asking if exercise is really useful in helping the metabolism of
a dieter in burning off fat or prevemting it being laid down.

Can anyone give me any information about this please.

I
Vance Roos wrote:

Is exercise really useful to dieters?

I do not mean that exercise is useful to dieters in improving mood or
agility or motivation or using calories or whatever.

I am asking if exercise is really useful in helping the metabolism of
a dieter in burning off fat or prevemting it being laid down.

Can anyone give me any information about this please.

Vance should ask brother Mike about this.

Patricia:

Some of the information you posted is not entirely correct.

For instance, many factors other than the thyroid gland control metabolism.
Body temperature, chatecholamine release, activity, etc. Also, many parts
of the body require energy to function. For instance, the brain requires
glucose and many metabolic functions require an energy source. Although the
calories burned may be minimal, it is best not to do without them.
Alzheimer's Disease is tragic but I am aware of no study that states that
exercise can prevent AD. Do you have a citation? Certainly, in senile
dementia caused by occluded carotids, exercise would be beneficial as it
increases circulation to the brain but AD is mostly thought to be genetic.
An interesting book to read is 'Aging with Grace' (?) about the Nun study.
Finally, even insulin dependent diabetics gain terrific benefits from
exercise. I am not trying to discourage exercise. I do it daily. Rather,
I am just at a loss about some of the claims you make. Can you clarify?

j
"Patricia Heil" wrote in message
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Sigh. As I posted before, metabolism is controlled by
the thyroid gland.

What exercise does is
-- build muscle, the only part of the body that burns calories.
-- burns calories.
-- lowers blood pressure
-- raises HDL the good stuff
-- prevents osteoporosis
-- prevents dementia, both senile and Alzheimers
-- prevents cancer, particularly breast, prostate, and colo-rectal
-- controls insulin use for non-insulin dependent diabetics

Vance Roos wrote:

Is exercise really useful to dieters?

I do not mean that exercise is useful to dieters in improving mood or
agility or motivation or using calories or whatever.

I am asking if exercise is really useful in helping the metabolism of
a dieter in burning off fat or prevemting it being laid down.

Can anyone give me any information about this please.

Exercise is always suggested if you can do it but it's most useful in
long term obesity prevention. An exercising body is more likely to
store excess calories in muscles rather then fat. You still gain
weight with overeating but because your daily calorie requirement is
higher, you plateau out quicker.

Ironically, storing calories in muscles is less efficient then in fat
cells so you actually gain more weight in the short term but these
stores are also depleted faster.

Also, regular exercise has benefits above and beyond weight control.

--
Ron Ritzman
http://www.panix.com/~ritzlart
Smart people can figure out my email address

I'm in no doubt about the many, many benefits of exercise,
particularly as we get older, although as I've posted here before all
my experience is that it has very little impact on my ability to lose
weight. But surely it's a bit of an exaggeration to say it "prevents"
cancer, osteoperosis, etc. If only that were the case. Surely the
only thing we have is a strong suggestion that it may help to ward off
these diseases.

janice
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"Patricia Heil" wrote in message
...
Sigh. As I posted before, metabolism is controlled by
the thyroid gland.

What exercise does is
-- build muscle, the only part of the body that burns calories.
-- burns calories.
-- lowers blood pressure
-- raises HDL the good stuff
-- prevents osteoporosis
-- prevents dementia, both senile and Alzheimers
-- prevents cancer, particularly breast, prostate, and colo-rectal
-- controls insulin use for non-insulin dependent diabetics

Patricia Heil writes:

Sigh. As I posted before, metabolism is controlled by
the thyroid gland.

It is influenced by the thyroid; it is not controlled by it.

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