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Article: Exercise won't shed excess fat. Surprised?
- Article from:
- Vibrant Life
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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You'll learn one basic message from this article, and I'll give it to you right up front. In the "battle of the bulge," you have two weapons--diet and exercise. Although you can jab with exercise, the real knockout blow comes from controlling the kinds of foods you eat. In other words, the power in weight loss comes from mastery of the diet, not adding more exercise, which many scientists now regard as a relatively weak weapon in the never-ending offensive against weight gain.
I'm not urging that you avoid exercise. Not by any means. We have proof that active people live longer, have less heart disease and cancer, healthier bones, less sickness, and enhanced ...