Easy Weight Loss? Intermittent Calorie Reduction Can Lead To Weight Control

Understanding the Weight Reduction Potential of Yoga

Every goal you achieve can motivate you to achieve more goals — and you can get lasting results. If you can avoid making drastic changes and ease into losing weight, you are more likely to stick to a weight loss strategy long term. Intermittent calorie reduction is an easy-to-follow diet plan and it may be the key to lasting weight control. Researchers at Genesis Prevention Center at University Hospital in South Manchester, England found that restricting carbohydrates two days per week was more effective than the standard, daily Mediterranean diet in reducing weight, body fat and insulin resistance.
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Increasing an awareness of your individual needs is only one potential benefit of yoga for weight loss.A 150-pound person doing Hatha yoga burns about 96 calories every 20 minutes.Understanding the Weight Reduction Potential of YogaSome of the asanas stimulate sluggish glands to increase their hormonal secretions. The thyroid gland, especially, has a big effect on our weight because it affects body metabolism. There are several asanas, such as the shoulder stand and the fish posture, which are specific for the thyroid gland. Fat metabolism is also increased, so fat is converted to muscle and energy. This means that, as well as losing fat, you will have better muscle tone and a higher vitality level. Asanas like gatyatmak meru vakrasana (dynamic spinal twist), chakki chalana (churning the mill), and nauka sanchalana (rowing the boat), massage the abdominal organs and help mobilize the extra fat tissue stored around them.
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