You may have noticed that exercise alone isn’t enough for most of us to lose weight. Even on “The Biggest Loser,” with hours and hours of exercise a day, contestants still need to use portion control to reach their goals. But physical activity is important if you want to get to and maintain a healthy weight. Diet alone doesn’t give you the muscle tone, endurance and aerobic capacity that exercise creates. In fact, diet alone may increase visceral fat and boost your risk of some key diseases. But putting the two together? Like Batman and Robin, this dynamic duo is much, much better together, and the benefits keep making your RealAge younger.
The latest news: Eating right helps your body handle potentially damaging particles called free radicals that are generated when you exercise. In a recent, headline-grabbing study, people who munched watercress daily had an easier time processing these particles after a session on a gym treadmill than those who skipped this leafy green.
