How effective is Dieting and Exercise to reduce fat?
Low-calorie diets can result in weight-loss, but insignificant fat-loss. The body’s reserve of carbohydrate and proteins are stored at many times their weight in water, so you may lose weight (from water) fast. However this stops, as the body begins to utilise its fat reserves. Each kilogram of fat reserves can contains up to 9000 calories of energy. Exercise is an alternative, but actual fat-loss can be just as insignificant. 20 minutes every day on an exercise machine will only utilise 1kg of fat in energy depletion in one month. Many of us are unaccustomed to the long hours of strenuous exercise and constant hunger from dieting to actually achieve any significant fat-burn results.
