What the *&^%?? Why EVEN EXERCISE?

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  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    You'll love this.

    http://drcate.com/about-drcatecom/

    Reads rather typically, like a snake oil expert.

    This is HORRIBLE...ugh. MD's are not physiologists!

    ETA: I looked her up on Cornell's website, Rutgers website, and PubMed. Someone with her name has a couple publications on cell nuclei and aortic calcification and that's it...hmmm...
  • shadowkat57
    shadowkat57 Posts: 151 Member
    I exercise
    a) cos it's good for me and whatnot, and
    b) so I can EAT MOAR! EAT ALL THE FOODS!!!
    I like eating (it's why I'm more, um, voluptuous than I'd prefer...), but exercising means I earn some of that food.
  • beastbulker
    beastbulker Posts: 6
    Like others have said, if you're just trying to lose weight then you don't really need to exercise and should just focus on your nutrition.

    The point of exercise is to build up a strong, fit, healthy body.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Humans were made to hunt not sit on our butts all day.
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Because bacon. Exercise burns calories so you can eat bacon and drink beer. I also do it because bikes are awesome and don't make people wanna drill up the middle of nowhere and make our water gross.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    You'll love this.

    http://drcate.com/about-drcatecom/

    Reads rather typically, like a snake oil expert.

    This is HORRIBLE...ugh. MD's are not physiologists!

    ETA: I looked her up on Cornell's website, Rutgers website, and PubMed. Someone with her name has a couple publications on cell nuclei and aortic calcification and that's it...hmmm...

    I'm thinking that if it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

    Quack.
  • thenance007
    thenance007 Posts: 35 Member
    If you google "transdifferentiation" you will find that there is a lot of scientific research going on in this area. Here is one reference:

    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X08020032 "Mature adipocyte-derived dedifferentiated fat cells can transdifferentiate into skeletal myocytes in vitro"

    "We have previously reported the establishment of preadipocyte cell lines, termed dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells, from mature adipocytes of various animals. DFAT cells possess long-term viability and can redifferentiate into adipocytes both in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, DFAT cells can transdifferentiate into osteoblasts and chondrocytes under appropriate culture conditions. However, it is unclear whether DFAT cells are capable of transdifferentiating into skeletal myocytes, which is common in the mesodermal lineage. Here, we show that DFAT cells can be induced to transdifferentiate into skeletal myocytes in vitro. Myogenic induction of DFAT cells resulted in the expression of MyoD and myogenin, followed by cell fusion and formation of multinucleated cells expressing sarcomeric myosin heavy chain. These results indicate that DFAT cells derived from mature adipocytes can transdifferentiate into skeletal myocytes in vitro."

    So while she may or may not be right, I think a more open-minded attitude might be in order.
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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Nah, it's all bull****e

    QFT
    Quoted for Transdifferentiation
  • Steffani911
    Steffani911 Posts: 196 Member
    For me, I only eat back about half of my exercise calories. I've also had three kids, so if I just lose fat, I am still not going to have a tone flat tummy and I'm sure somebody has already posted about being skinny fat. Also booty, legs, a nice tone back, and tone arms look amazing on a girl.

    Edited because I always hit send before I check spelling. :)

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