• At a time of year when you’re more likely to loosen your belt than tighten it, a new study brings some good news: Researchers at Duke University Medical Center, who set out to compare aerobic exercise (a.k.a. cardio) and resistance training, found that cardio is your best bet for burning fat and losing weight. They took 234 middle-aged men and women, all overweight or obese, and split them into three groups: one that did just cardio, one that did just resistance training, and one that did a combo of both. In terms of workout time, the resistance-training group logged three hours a week, the aerobics group logged two-and-a-quarter hours a week, and the combo group logged what the two other groups did combined—amounting to double the work and time commitment of the other groups. At the end of eight months, subjects in the cardio and combination groups reduced more body and fat mass than those in the resistance-training group. But interestingly, their weight loss was almost identical: an average of 3.8 pounds for the aerobics group and 3.6 pounds for the combo group. Meaning? Even though the combo group worked twice as hard and long at the gym, they didn’t see significantly better results. “If fat mass is something a person wants to target, I would say your most time-efficient method would be to focus on the cardiovascular exercise,” study author Leslie Willis said to HealthDay. And that’s something to take to the bank.
• What do one in eight men and one in five women have in common? They both report being bullied at work. Yup, it’s true. Workplace bullying is more common than you think, according to ABC News. Here’s why.
• Woohoo! Cleaning up the air we breathe helps us live longer, according to a new study. Now, let’s keep up the good work.
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Another benefit of aerobic exercise is that it increases serotonin, which may be lacking in those overweight patients with food addiction. Serotonin is the antibody of stress, which is a clinically proven cause of both weight gain and overeating. The exerciser then has three benefits in attacking weight loss, through exercise, stress-reduction and an enhanced sense of well-being and calm. As I discuss in my most recent book, THE HUNGER FIX, Without increasing serotonin and dopamine transmitters in the brain, which have often been ravaged by the addictive action of junk food, people have little hope of removing weight and sustaining the loss with any kind of serenity.
[...] I usually do. The reason for this is because it’s been shown that cardiovascular workouts burn more fat and calories than other workouts and diet alone. So, for me, it’s going to be crucial in [...]