That’s the dream, isn’t it? You want to eat everything you want, including fast food, then exercise and stay healthy and fit. But does that work? Can you simply get over your poor dietary choices? Scientists at the University of Sydney led a study showing that people who are physically active but with a poor diet still suffer from the harmful effects of unhealthy foods.
Exercise is better than being lazy, but you can’t get over your poor diet. Image credit: Mobius6 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Food is what we need. However, you need to make smart choices about your food – not all food is created equal. While you can burn calories and lose weight, that doesn’t mean you’re immune to the effects of less-than-healthy choices.
Scientists analyzed data on 360,600 British adults from the UK’s Biobank. They took a closer look at mortality risk, exercise, and diet. For example, a high-quality diet is considered one that includes at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, two servings of fish per week, and consuming less red meat, especially processed meat. Processing. This study found that people with both a high level of physical activity and a high-quality diet had the lowest risk of death. In other words, they are healthier than people who eat everything and exercise a lot.
Researchers found that participants with a high level of physical activity and a high-quality diet had a 17% reduced risk of death (19% from cardiovascular disease and 27% from other diseases) cancer) compared with those who were inactive and had the worst diets. .
Associate Professor Melody Ding, lead author of the study, said: “Both regular physical activity and a healthy diet play an important role in promoting health and longevity. Some people may think that they can offset the effects of a poor diet with a high level of exercise or offset the effects of low physical activity with a high-quality diet, but the data Does it show that unfortunately that is not the case?”
Scientists are looking forward to future studies, because the long-term effects of how diet and physical activity interact are poorly understood. It seems like you can maintain a relatively healthy weight if you exercise a lot, even if your diet isn’t of the highest quality. But you can’t eliminate the adverse effects of a poor diet entirely by exercising alone.
And this is not really surprising. While exercise is essential for good health, it does not help remove all toxins and other harmful substances from your food or body. Damage is still being done, even if you exercise it continues to be done. You can’t ignore the habit of smoking, drinking or eating junk food – you need to get rid of them.
Source: University of Sydney
