Lose Weight Without a Diet
Can one lose weight without a diet?
Yes, sort of. You don’t want to do that, though, because it usually involves starving.
What about exercise? Can you lose weight by dieting alone?
The theory goes that dieting and exercising reduces weight better than dieting alone. But is it true?
In a six-month study, people who cut calories by 25 percent and others who cut calories by 12.5 percent and burned 12.5 percent doing aerobics lost the same amount of weight (10 percent), total body fat (24 percent), and abdominal fat (27 percent).
The conclusion reached by this study was that weight loss can be achieved without exercise, but you need to take in fewer calories that you use during a day. Of course, it does not mean that exercise is useless, it still holds numerous health benefits. [source: Allure]
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