A question that people often ask as they age is whether they can avoid fat gain as their metabolic levels naturally slow down (by naturally dropping levels of testosterone and growth hormone levels)?
So, what happens?
As people age, they often gain more fat. Simply because they move around less and eat more. This can cause abdominal fat levels to increase and this all over low grade inflammation levels around the body (says Obesity Reviews, 2012).
What can this cause?
This increases the chances of diabities type 2 and also heart disease. Further more, as they age due to dropping hormone levels they tend to lose muscle which decreases metabolic rates and so health. This further impairs blood sugar regulation.
Ok, who said what and what can I do?
A review conducted by Australian researchers concluded that lifting weights (resistance training) was a very important way of maintaining metabolic rates and so health, along side a good cardio regime.
What did they conclude?
They concluded that 3 days of weight lifting and 150 minutes a week of cardio. This meant a maximised calorie burn to burn off fat and retaining or building of further muscle mass to maintain or build on ones metabolic rate and so capacity.
Data taken from Obesity Reviews 13, 2012.
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