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- $Title{Is it O.K. to Exercise Right After Meals?}
- $Subject{exercise exercising after meal calories burned eating obese weight
- overweight metabolism eat appetite depressant endorphins diet digestive
- system digestion behavior behaviors lifestyle lifestyles exercises meals
- before calory burn diets}
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- Is it O.K. to Exercise Right After Meals?
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- QUESTION: My exercise consists of brisk walking and is intended to help keep
- my weight down. I have heard that there is some advantage to be gained by
- exercising right after a meal, because more calories are burned after eating.
- I don't want to do anything that might endanger my health so I thought I might
- get an opinion from you. Do you think that this is the right way to go?
- Thank you for your reply.
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- ANSWER: There is no health hazard in brisk walking after eating, but there
- may not be too much gain as far as weight loss or calorie burn is concerned.
- Some of the results depend upon your current weight level. A recent study
- showed that thin people tend to burn a few calories more if they exercise
- after a meal, while obese, overweight individuals had an advantage if they
- exercised before eating. The differences were not great, the differences
- ranging between 7 to 19 calories for a half hour exercise period. The
- explanation may be that the metabolism in the heavier people tends to slow
- down after eating, so fewer calories are burned. The before dinner exercise
- seems to "prime the pump" and prevents the metabolic slow down. Since thin
- people do not have this mechanism they obtained no benefit.
- There is another theory about exercise and weight loss that claims that
- you should exercise during your normal dinner hour. If the activity is long
- and intense enough, some of the endorphins (pain killing hormones generated in
- the nervous system during exercise) are capable of killing your appetite.
- Thus you get all the benefit of the calories burned by the exercise, plus an
- "appetite depressant" that helps you keep down the number of calories you
- consume during the meal. That can be a big help if you are trying control
- weight. The secret of course is to combine caloric intake during every meal,
- and add on enough activity during the day, so that you at least burn all the
- calories in your daily diet.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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