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Wow....I am so glad this made the headline news, because I HAD NO IDEA!!!!

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2007-01-26T152656Z_01_N26231484_RTRUKOC_0_US-DIET-EXERCISE.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C5-healthNews-2

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Someone got paid for that too

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regardless of the final conclusion the study looks as if it was fairly well organized.

and there was some good information particularly wrt the core temperature and insulin levels in the participants.

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Actually, there's some interesting stuff in there, debunking some other theories that seem to hold a lot of weight (no pun intended) - in particular the idea that building muscle mass helps your body burn fat faster, or the idea that if you just diet you lose muscle mass instead of fat. Those are pretty widely held beliefs that this study seems to be challenging a bit.

Of course, the benefits of exercise go way beyond weight loss and I'd never consider a weight loss program that didn't include both.

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Actually, there's some interesting stuff in there, debunking some other theories that seem to hold a lot of weight (no pun intended) - in particular the idea that building muscle mass helps your body burn fat faster, or the idea that if you just diet you lose muscle mass instead of fat. Those are pretty widely held beliefs that this study seems to be challenging a bit.

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I have not met even one reasonably educated person that believes that

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Actually, there's some interesting stuff in there, debunking some other theories that seem to hold a lot of weight (no pun intended) - in particular the idea that building muscle mass helps your body burn fat faster,

I think you might be reaching a conclusion that wasn't there...and the wording on this has me questioning it's validity any way:

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Ravussin has published other studies that also dispute the idea that exercise builds muscle that helps people lose weight.

"If anything, highly trained people are highly efficient, so they burn fewer calories at rest," Ravussin said.

'Lose weight'. Lose pounds? Lose fat? Lose muscle? The term is used too loosely for it to be regarded as scientific...in my opinion. -That could be due to the reporter paraphrasing, and not the study...however it was a poor way to try to express findings.


Personally I think it's garbage any how. Show me a body builder that eats less than 3000 calories per day to keep their muscles.

I may not have ever been a body builder, but I was in excellent shape for a period of time...and these concepts were definitely not true when I was staying in top form. The body builders I knew ate like there was no tomorrow; they had to. Otherwise they would have lost weight.

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Personally I think it's garbage any how. Show me a body builder that eats less than 3000 calories per day to keep their muscles.

I may not have ever been a body builder, but I was in excellent shape for a period of time...and these concepts were definitely not true when I was staying in top form. The body builders I knew ate like there was no tomorrow; they had to. Otherwise they would have lost weight.

it's not the calories that build muscle is protein and amino acids, the high calorie intake is used to facilitate the work outs and metabolism, much more muscle requires more nergy to work, ergo more calories needed to facilitate such work.

but you are right the article reads very poorly

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Actually, there's some interesting stuff in there, debunking some other theories that seem to hold a lot of weight (no pun intended) - in particular the idea that building muscle mass helps your body burn fat faster,

I think you might be reaching a conclusion that wasn't there...and the wording on this has me questioning it's validity any way:

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Ravussin has published other studies that also dispute the idea that exercise builds muscle that helps people lose weight.

"If anything, highly trained people are highly efficient, so they burn fewer calories at rest," Ravussin said.

'Lose weight'. Lose pounds? Lose fat? Lose muscle? The term is used too loosely for it to be regarded as scientific...in my opinion. -That could be due to the reporter paraphrasing, and not the study...however it was a poor way to try to express findings.


Personally I think it's garbage any how. Show me a body builder that eats less than 3000 calories per day to keep their muscles.

I may not have ever been a body builder, but I was in excellent shape for a period of time...and these concepts were definitely not true when I was staying in top form. The body builders I knew ate like there was no tomorrow; they had to. Otherwise they would have lost weight.

I agree, only if the calories taken in are useful calories. Empty calories like alcohol deter the progress, but nevertheless if you want to add weight (muscle), you have to eat like crazy...personal experience

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