Sport and appetite

Sport and appetite

Many people believe that playing sports is likely to increase their appetite and thus have no effect on their weight. After all, it makes sense! We spend more calories, the more we need to ingest ... does not it? Well, not necessarily. Studies have shown that certain sports régulait appetite, while others act as an outright appetite suppressant!

Obesity: what if food was not involved?

Various studies have shown that the decrease in physical activity could explain much of the obesity problems we encounter today. Indeed, now that cars, elevators, dishwashers and machines to do everything and its opposite are part of our daily lives, we have much less reason to move! In fact, adults currently living spend almost 500 calories less than his great-grandparents at the same age! And this, without necessarily going on a diet ... To find the line, it can be very advantageous to move a bit more! You will find that your hunger will not increase in response ... quite the contrary.

The effects of moderate physical activity

The regular practice of moderate physical activity acts as a regulator of appetite. That is to say, it can curb the cravings that have no purpose and eat the food you need, nothing more. When you're sedentary, on the contrary, our signals are sometimes blurred. This is what makes a person who, for example, walking thirty minutes daily, is less likely to eat overseas as that does not move at all.

The effects of intense physical activity

The regular practice, but not excessive, a sport of endurance intensive not only does not increase the appetite, but the decreases! Indeed, sport stimulates the production of various neurotransmitters, including dopamine, adrenaline, noradrenaline. These neurotransmitters tend to blur the feelings of hunger and regulate appetite. However, note that people who train very intensively, including professional athletes, not eat less than sedentary, quite the contrary! Indeed, when calorie consumption is very important, the body, to survive, sends hunger signals to the person absorbs more calories than it spends, or thereabouts. But these cases are very isolated. A person who, for example, is an hour of jogging four times a week will normally decrease rather than increase his appetite.

So, you lose weight through sport?

Yes, the sport definitely helps weight loss, and even if it does not accompany a low calorie diet radically. In addition to its effects on appetite, it activates the metabolism and increases muscle mass, both of which can burn more calories at rest.
Of course, this is not because we started training we will lose 5 pounds a week, and that's good because it's not healthy to lose weight too quickly. Remember it takes 3200 calories to spend more than you ingest to lose one pound. This may seem impossible at first glance, but it is by losing weight slowly and safely as you most likely not to return the pounds gone. Sport is your best friend to get there!