Exercise won’t help you lose weight. Here’s the disappointing reason why – The Jerusalem Post
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“Exercise burns calories and helps you lose weight,” is a very popular saying.
A new study that looked at how exercise affects our metabolism found that for every 100 calories we expect to burn as a result of exercise, most of us actually burn less than 72 calories. This means that simply closing your mouth is a more effective exercise than running.
Research shows that our body tends to automatically compensate for at least a quarter of the calories we expend during exercise, and undermines our efforts to lose weight through working out. The results also show that people with extra pounds suffer from caloric compensation, which makes weight loss through exercise even more elusive for them.
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Yet research also suggests that calorie compensation varies from person to person, and that learning how a person’s metabolism responds when he/she works out may be the key to optimizing exercise for weight control.
As we all know, in theory, exercise significantly helps with weight loss. As we move, our muscles contract and more energy is needed to activate one’s body. The amount of energy required varies from person to person, but by and large …….
