Not exact matches
The only way to lose fat is to burn
more calories than you
consume, which will cause you to lose fat
over your entire body.
In order to lose fat, you must maintain a
calorie deficit
over time by burning
more calories than you
consume.
After all, if the ultimate goal of losing fat is to maintain a
calorie deficit
over time by consistently burning
more calories than you
consume, how could a
calorie - burning tool such as cardio end up working against you?
Interestingly, those
consuming the high - fat diet actually took in just
over 13 % of their daily
calories from saturated fat which is
more than double the 5 to 6 % recommended by the American Heart Association.
The TOTAL number of
calories you
consume over the course of a day is
more important
than the timing of the meals.
For example, if you
consume a surplus of
calories (i.e. eating
more calories than you burn), you are
more likely to gain weight
over time.
Researchers have found evidence
over the years that when people wolf their food, they end up
consuming more calories than they would at a slower pace.
But eating one large meal would still mean
consuming fewer
calories over the course of the day
than eating 3,
more reasonably sized meals.
If you
consume more calories than your body needs to use for energy, the left
over calories will be stored on the body mostly in the form of fat (thus causing weight gain).
The report, published in Behavioral Neuroscience, presents some counterintuitive findings: Animals fed with artificially sweetened yogurt
over a two - week period
consumed more calories and gained
more weight — mostly in the form of fat —
than animals eating yogurt flavored with glucose, a natural, high -
calorie sweetener.
Most recently, sugar in the diet has also been implicated in cardiovascular disease deaths: A large study led by Dr. Hu reported last year that adults who had the highest intake of sugar —
consuming 25 percent of daily
calories as sugar — were nearly three times
more likely to die of heart disease
over a 14 - year period, compared with those whose sugar intake was less
than 10 percent of
calories.
Personally, my hypothesis, also untested, is that fat people don't eat 40 %
more (I believe there are several studies showing that food consumption in
calories hasn't changed much in the UK, and anyway, these show food purchased rather
than consumed) but that actually they exercise 40 % less, thus earning a net saving in CO2
over all those people pounding the streets and the Gyms.