Dr Michael Mosley has been hailed a dieting guru and when it comes to weight loss, his advice is endless. So when he revealed that upping a person’s daily exercise won’t only shed pounds, but promote many other benefits too.
While he notes that dieting is an essential way to lose weight, he added: “Exercise is emphatically not a waste of time.
“If you’re simply exercising to look at the scales then it may not be that great [but] there are so many other benefits.”
These include mood boosts, increased blood flow, cuts the risk of heart disease and can help people who’ve already lost weight “keep it off”.
Dr Mosley revealed: “If you are aware of how many calories you’re actually burning during exercise compared to what you’re taking in from food, then you may have the willpower to say, ‘no, I won’t have that 400-calorie muffin after all.'”
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“They give you a full-body workout, help your heart and may even boost your brainpower – amazing.”
And the best part about these exercises is that they require no equipment at all.
They are easy to do in the comfort of a person’s home.