I tend to scoff at any so-called science about eating, nutrition and health because what is accepted changes almost daily. But I was gratified to see a story recently about a new study noting that, for some people, exercising doesn’t help with weight loss and overall body condition, it just makes you hungrier. I’ve said that for years in my own case. I can always eat more calories after I exercise than I’ve burned off.

“For some time, scientists have been puzzled — and exercisers frustrated — by the general ineffectiveness of exercise as a weight-loss strategy. According to multiple studies and anecdotes, most people who start exercising do not lose as much weight as would be expected, given their increased energy expenditure. Some people add pounds despite burning hundreds of calories during workouts,” the New York Times reported.

“Past studies of this phenomenon have found that exercise can increase the body’s production of appetite hormones, making some people feel ravenous after even a light workout and prone to consume more calories than they expended. But that finding, while intriguing, doesn’t fully explain the wide variability in people’s post-exercise eating habits,” the times said. Continue reading “Exercising does make you hungry; new study confirms my theory” →