Good for the goose, but what about the gander?
@Auntylou (4264)
Oxford, England
January 6, 2016 7:44pm CST
One of the somewhat surprising results of a trial carried out for the BBC programme "Trust Me I'm a Doctor" was that a group of men and women given identical amounts of food, burned fat differently throughout the day, depending on whether they exercised before or after eating.
For the men it was important that they exercise before eating, while the women who burned most fat during the day, exercised after eating.
The difference between the genders it seems is that men have more muscle and burn carbohydrates when they exercise, while women tend to burn fat .
Knowing this could help us make our fitness regimes more effective.
What do you think?
A New Year special to help shake off the festive excesses.
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Patsie I like to think if you can do it so can I.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
10 Jan 16
That means I need to start walking after meals maybe I will do much better.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
the question is will we exercise, still many people don't and I am one of them, thought I want to start shortly.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
8 Jan 16
@EugenesDDen This is good advice, though when I walk like to look at people's gardens so I rarely get bored.
I do lik elistening to music while i exercise though
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
8 Jan 16
@EugenesDDen I am pleased that I managed a 20 minute walk today
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
7 Jan 16
I think that weight loss is hard as it is its good to get help.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
8 Jan 16
@Auntylou If you put your mind to it you can do just about anything.
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@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
9 Jan 16
@Auntylou That's so true really it takes a lot of hard work.
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@TypicalRussian (747)
• Budennovsk, Russian Federation
7 Jan 16
however it is well known thing to eat both before training and after training if you do heavy weight physical exercises (bodybuilding). i think the most important thing is not to eat INSTEAD of exercising
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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7 Jan 16
I just have to exercise whenever i can fit it in! usually before i eat.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Jan 16
Could be why I am always hungry after I exercise?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
7 Jan 16
interesting findings - though my approach is to use eating as exercise lifting fork to mouth, chewing, swallowing - that must use up lots of calories 
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Really? Now that is interesting to know Janet.
I had no idea that when you exercise would make a difference in weight loss.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
7 Jan 16
I could not possibly exercise after eating I would hurl.
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@DeborahDiane (40292)
• Laguna Woods, California
7 Jan 16
So I need to exercise after eating. That is good to know!
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@DeborahDiane (40292)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Jan 16
@Auntylou - You are right. I will probably not do a strenuous workout, but anything is better than nothing. Right?
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
8 Jan 16
@DeborahDiane Absolutely. just gentle exercise raises your metabolic rate. In another part of the film, people are given exercises to do at home and all gained strength , which is very important in maintaining health
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
25 Jan 16
After a big meal I just want to sleep, which I sometimes do. I'm obviously doing everything the wrong way around.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
26 Jan 16
I think these participants had a liquid meal which is probably not so filling and sleep making!
@LadyDuck (471494)
• Switzerland
8 Jan 16
@Auntylou You can swim immediately after eating, but not half an hour later, because the digestion process has started and this can give stomach cramps. It's the same for every kind exercise, on a full stomach you can have cramps and nausea.
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@ria1606roy (2797)
• Kolkata, India
9 Jan 16
Good research results.....I should try that too. Maybe exercising in the afternoon 2 hours after lunch will burn the excess fat which has been taking residence in by body.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
31 Jan 16
I've never seen the show before, nor heard about it until I read some of your discussions. Are these legit doctors? If this is true, I'd think it would depend on whether either gender has more fat or muscle on whether which way would work best possibly. All men don't have more muscle than women, it probably depends on their BMi.
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@EugenesDDen (310)
• Ireland
7 Jan 16
I like to eat before exercise, because when I go off on the bike, I could be gone for 5 or 6 hours. It's probably a good idea though to wait for a while after eating, for food to digest and glucose to become available in the blood stream.
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@EugenesDDen (310)
• Ireland
7 Jan 16
@Auntylou I reckon liquid meals are always better and I'm a big believer in soup. Breaking food down into lots of small particles increases surface area tremoundously so digestive enzymes can work faster.
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