Chat speakers are Dr. Brett Oden and dietician Heidi Sipe. Dr. Oden specializes in family practice and sports medicine at Allina Medical Clinic-Buffalo, Buffalo Hospital Rehabilitation Center and the hospital's emergency room. He is also medical director of the hospital's sports medicine program. Sipe is a registered and licensed dietitian at Buffalo Hospital and member of the American Dietetic Association. A combination of the two is important for almost everyone.
Muscle burns calories.
Thus, the more muscles you have, the more calories you can eat. Adding just a few pounds of muscle can significantly increase a person's metabolism, allowing them to burn fat more efficiently. So, both aerobic exercise and weight training are important if you are trying to lose weight. Weight training helps you build muscle, and aerobic exercise will help you burn fat. When you are eliminating carbohydrates you are cutting three out of the five food groups, which is naturally going to cut down on the calorie intake.