The truth about losing weight and exercising

Posted by Gygy Lev on May 16th, 2019

Many of us are wondering how to lose weight without exercise. In western cultures like ours, countries like the U.S., UK, Australia, Canada and other European nations, what’s the first thing that anybody thinks of or tells you whenever the idea of weight loss is brought up? You’ve got to hit the gym, treadmill or exercise bike and burn those calories! Makes sense, right? After all, you’re doing a lot of work and you’re sweating and breathing heavily. Surely, running a few miles every day must be dissolving those unwanted pounds like crazy, right? The shocking truth is that this is actually wrong. No, I haven't lost it – let me say it again clearly… Yes, cardio does burn calories, it’s true. And yes, light cardio promotes a healthy heart and increases your endurance and is good for you. However… heavy cardio actually begins to have the opposite effects. Here are some scientifically based reason why.  For one thing, a lot of heavy cardio is hard on your knees and feet. Second, it’s also hard on the heart. Too much cardio actually begins to slowly add scar tissue to your heart possibly increasing a chance of heart attack. No one realized that for a while until many scientific studies were done on the subject.

As for another aspect of the little known reason why cardio is not so good for weight loss, let me give you a simple but sensible example. Think of pre-historic humans. These men and women are running around the Paleolithic world chasing down red deer, antelope, bison and even the occasional mammoth for food. Most of their diet comes from animal protein and what edible plants they can scrounge. If cardio was so great for losing weight, these people would simply starve to death while running down their food. Yet they didn’t starve to death… why? Because excessive cardio actually has the reverse effect and here’s why. Our bodies are biologically designed to survive. Our body stores energy as fuel both for its immediate use and in the form of fat for those times when food is scarce. Of course, in modern times, food isn’t really scarce, but this built-in safety feature is still operational. When you deprive your body of the nutrients it requires, either by starving yourself on some crazy diet or by over-taxing your body with lots of cardio, it begins to switch into survival mode. Additionally, and unfortunately with heavy cardio, your body also becomes anabolic. This means that it begins to burn the most effective source of energy first – and that’s not fat… it’s your muscle. You want your body to burn fat, not muscle, obviously. The way we look a calories needs to change as well. Calories are only a means of measuring food energy. Yes, if you want to lose weight, you must take in less calories than you consume, but there’s so much more to it than that. The best method for weight loss isn’t starving yourself, avoiding most of your favorite carbs or running 10 miles every day, believe it or not. In fact, in order to lose weight properly, it’s actually important that you do eat some of your favorite foods! I know that sounds too good to be true – but it is. If you know how to use your body’s natural processes to your advantage, it’s entirely possible to lose more than 10 pounds in a single month without starvation, gut wrenching cardio, strenuous workouts or eating any expensive pre-packed supplements! More information at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxGD51qeEZxm3raWVZWQIQ