Friday, March 6, 2009

Muscle Away Those Munchies

Source: The Singapore Women's Weekly, February 2009 edition)


Rev up your cardio and you'll be reining in your snacks attacks. Aerobic exercise not only burns calories, it also curbs cravings, report University of Chile Clinical Hospital researchers. People who ran or biked for 20 minutes three times a week for 10 weeks had reduced appetites due to increased levels of neurotrophic factor, a protein in the brain that may suppress hunger.

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