Can Exercising Lessen Your Appetite?
For decades, scientists and pharmaceutical companies have been trying to create those magical weight loss pills that makes you feel full while eating less. Happily, researchers at Brazil’s University of Campinas might have just found what it takes to make you feel full even though you’ve eaten less. It’s not a magic pill, either. In fact, it’s not something that you ingest at all. All it takes is remaining active.
Some eating habits of the population may cause you to not be able to tell when you’re full. This is especially true if the food you’re eating is fatty like pizza or fries. There is research that points to the fact that eating too much fat causes the brain to miss sending the signal for being full out to the body. This can cause eating too much food and result in becoming obese. A team of Brazilian researchers was headed by Jose Barreto C. Carvalheira to look into whether or not making obese rodents exercise could decrease how much food they ate and if that food would make them feel full.
How It Worked?
This research team studied two groups of rats. One group of these rats carried a normal weight. The other group was thought to be obese. Both of these groups were given various physical exercises like using a treadmill for running and swimming. In addition, the eating habits of all of the rats were monitored closely before they exercised and following their exercises.
The Results of the Research
The results of this research was rather enlightening, to say the least. The rats in the obese group had previously eaten a lot of food before they started exercising. Now, these same rats began to eat less after they were put through their paces. It was shown that exercise boosted protein levels, which is vital when it comes to increasing the hormones involved in appetite control. While it’s obvious that physical activity builds up energy while burning calories, this study showed that physical activity also fixes the signals so you feel like you’ve eaten enough and decreases the food eaten.
It’s the chemical change caused by physical activity that can help people process that they’ve eaten enough food to satisfy them. This will prevent overeating and cut the chances of becoming obese. However, this study wasn’t able to nail down completely whether or not there would be significant weight loss results. Although, it does seem to make sense that if you’re not overeating you wouldn’t be overweight.
Brenda Lyttle is a health expert who began writing for publications in her community in 2005 and now commands an authority in writing on healthy living, anti-aging, and HGH supplements related topics.
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