The message is getting through.\u00a0 Sugar is bad.\u00a0 Bad for your body.\u00a0 Bad for your mind.\u00a0 Maybe even bad for your soul.<\/p>\n
In an editorial<\/a> in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, three international experts said it was time to “bust the myth” about exercise.<\/p>\n They said while activity was a key part of staving off diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and dementia, its impact on obesity was minimal.<\/p>\n If you want to loose weight jogging isn’t going to help.\u00a0 You must say NO.\u00a0 You have to reduce the calories.\u00a0 You burn about the same whether you’re walking or running and that’s about the same as standing too.\u00a0 Yes sitting all the time will burn far fewer calories than standing, but if you want to lose the tub, reduce your intake.<\/p>\n Rules of thumb: 2,000 calories per day.\u00a0 Carbohydrate (potatoes, pasta, bread etc) and protein (beans and meat)\u00a0 ~ 400 calories per 100 grammes.\u00a0 Fat – 900 calories per 100 grammes.\u00a0 So you max out around 500 grammes or half a kilo.\u00a0 In a day not a meal …<\/p>\n There’s more.\u00a0 Sugar is more addictive than cocaine.\u00a0 (Watch Fed Up<\/a>.)\u00a0 So it clearly messes with your mind and saying NO to cakes, cookies, biscuits, bars, chocolate, soda pop, etc becomes harder as you enjoy it more regularly.\u00a0 It doesn’t just rot your teeth.\u00a0 It rots your blood vessels and organs.\u00a0 Cut back o sugar and you’ll feel better.<\/p>\n I’m\u00a0 no saint, so I know it’s not easy.\u00a0 But the best time to say NO is in the shop because if you don’t buy the cake, chocolate or soda pop, you don’t have to resist later – it’s just not there.\u00a0 Good luck! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n BBC: Exercise ‘not key to obesity fight’<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The message is getting through.\u00a0 Sugar is bad.\u00a0 Bad for your body.\u00a0 Bad for your mind.\u00a0 Maybe even bad for your soul. In an editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, three international experts said it was time to “bust the myth” about exercise. They said while activity was a key part of staving …
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