Treadmills Cut Cravings

The American Physiological Society said treadmill running works better than weight training to reduce appetite. They published their findings in the American Journal of Physiology, regulatory, integration and comparative physiology.

A study in the University of Loughborough, England had 11 students males make three types of exercise. In the first type, subjects lasted 60 minutes on a treadmill and then they rested for seven minutes. In the second type, subjects made ninety minutes of weight lifting and rested for six and a half hours after. The third group of subjects is not practiced at all. Each group ate two meals during a session, and then reported their hunger levels. Two hormones appetite were measured, (an appetite stimulant) ghrelin and peptide YY (an appetite suppressor).

During the Conference to go training, decreased levels of ghrelin and peptide YY levels increased, suggesting that the appetite was suppressed by the hormones. During the formation of weight, decreased ghrelin levels, but there was no significant change in peptide YY levels. These hormonal effects appetite lasted a few hours or both types of exercise. The researchers concluded that both types of exercise suppressed hunger, but increased appetite occurred by use of treadmill.

"The conclusion that the hunger is suppressed during and immediately after treadmill vigorous that running is consistent with the previous studies indicating the strenuous aerobic exercise Transiently suppresses appetite," said Dr Stensel, Manager of the study. "The results suggest a similar, though slightly attenuated response, for the exercise of weightlifting". Stensel said that such research may lead to more effective ways to use exercise to reduce weight.

Is it better to run on a treadmill or outdoors? One advantage of treadmills is walking, jogging or running in them. You get almost the same training on a treadmill as it would run in the open air. Of course, when you are outdoors you can see more landscapes, but inside they allow watching television or listening to the radio while they run.