Do you know enough about Health and Fitness? | ACS Distance ...

We all think we know about fitness and health, but do you? Find out some fascinating facts.

Carbohydrates, protein, fat, and alcohol have 4, 4, 9, and 7 calories per gram respectively.

It takes a 3500 calorie deficit to lose 1 pound.

Only fat and protein are essential macronutrients ? carbohydrates aren?t.

Muscle glycogen is about 3 parts water to 1 part glucose.

You burn more calories during the 23 hours you don?t exercise than the 1 hour you do.

You can get glucose from both protein and glycerol ? not just carbohydrates.

Not only does exercise improve your body, it helps your mental function

As much as it may stress you out just to think about exercising, once you actually start working out, you?ll experience less stress in every part of your life.

Research has shown that exercise can slow or help prevent heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis (bone loss), and loss of muscle mass

Not only does exercise help fight disease, it creates a stronger heart, the most important muscle in the body. That helps makes exercise, and the activities of daily life, feel easier.

Pound for pound, muscle burns more calories at rest than body fat. So the more muscle you have, the higher your resting metabolic rate.

Almost half the human body?s weight is made from one of three types of muscle tissue.

Underwater swimming is the only time you should hold your breath while exercising.

If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons

Unless you weigh less than 100 pounds, it?s unlikely you need less than 1000 calories to lose weight.

Strength gains come from muscle hypertrophy and improved muscle fiber recruitment.

Dehydrating a muscle by 3% can cause a 10% loss of strength.

The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn at rest.

Direct abdominal exercises are not necessary to get good abs.

You can lose weight and still gain muscle; likewise, you can also gain weight while still losing fat.

Consistency and patience are key to long term successful weight loss.

The percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight has nearly tripled since the early 1970s.

Currently, more than one in five children between ages 6 and 17 are overweight.

Only 32% of kids in that age group meet the minimum standards for cardiovascular fitness, flexibility and upper-body strength.

The health benefits of exercise and physical activity include reducing the risk of diabetes, premature death, high blood pressure, colon and breast cancer, and the reduction of depression and anxiety.

People who are muscular are more likely to be thin, aerobically fit and generally healthy ? all features known to extend lifespan

An individual?s fitness level depends on how they respond to physical activity, which is largely determined by their genes

By far the most effective fat loss strategy is carefully controlling caloric intake. Sustained and intense aerobic exercise can be a valuable addition to this

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