Everyone knows that exercisers lose fat, but very few people know where their fat ends up.
About 150 doctors, nutritionists and trainers have answered this question incorrectly.
The question is simple: When someone loses weight through exercise, where does their body fat go?
Which of these could be your answer?
If your answer is A or B, don't worry because you are among 147 experts who got the answer wrong in a survey conducted by Robin Merman, a biomolecular science scientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Even many experts do not know the answer
Most people answered that fat is converted into energy. In fact, it is inherently against the principle of conservation of fluid matter as it follows all chemical reactions.
Regarding the second answer, Merman says that 'it is impossible for fat to be converted into muscle or muscle.' According to Merman's research published in the British Medical Journal in 2014, the correct answer is 'c', meaning that fat is converted into carbon dioxide and water. It changes.
And the lungs play the most important role in this work.
According to research, fat comes out of the body in the form of water, urine, sweat, breath and other fluids.
Mirman wrote on TheConservation.com: 'If you lose ten kilograms of fat, 8.4 kilograms of it will come out as carbon dioxide and 1.6 kilograms as fluid.'
In other words, practically what we lose is what we exhale in the form of breath.
Why do doctors make mistakes?
Out of 150 medical professionals who were asked this question, only three answered correctly.
Mirman conducted this survey among Australian experts. But he told the BBC that in the US, UK and many other European countries, he generally got wrong answers.
Mirman says his answer is based on the fact that the oxygen that is added to what we eat must also be added to it.
For example, if your body contains 3.5 kg of food and water, there is also 500 g of oxygen. So four kilos of weight should come out of your body.
"Otherwise, you'll gain weight," Merman writes.
According to him: 'Carbon needs to be removed from fat cells in order to lose weight.'
During respiration we exhale carbon. So if we breathe more, will we be able to reduce the amount of fat that is converted to carbon?
Merman writes: 'Unfortunately, this may not happen, as overbreathing will lead to hyperventilation and you may become dizzy and faint.
'The amount of carbon dioxide your body releases can only increase when your muscle activity increases.'
In addition to exercise, Merman points out several other ways in which we produce carbon dioxide.
For example, a person weighing 75 kg produces 590 grams of carbon dioxide at rest.
'No medicine or drink can increase it,' says Maryman.
A person produces about 200 grams of carbon dioxide while sleeping. Plus, your metabolic rate doubles just by standing up and getting ready. It triples in walking, cooking and cleaning the house etc.
If you want to lose weight, Merman says, 'eat less and move more.'
Finally, he says, 'Any diet that provides less energy to your body will be very effective in weight loss.
0 Comments