Exercise and Diet Basics for Weight Control

This video shows Dr. Evan Matthews describing basic and mostly universal exercise and diet information about healthy and effective weight loss and weight maintenance. This video is part of a series of videos that will cover body composition and nutrition basics. The playlist to that series is listed below. Body Composition and Nutrition Basics Playlist    • Obesity Epidemic - USA CDC Obesity Maps (2...   Exercise Physiology Teaching Current Edition Playlist    • Introduction to Exercise Physiology   Videos in the Body Composition and Nutrition Basics Playlist to check out: Obesity Epidemic - USA CDC Obesity Maps (2011-2019 Data)    • Obesity Epidemic - USA CDC Obesity Maps (2...   Anthropometric Measurements to Screen for Obesity    • Anthropometric Measurements to Screen for ...   Body Composition and Body Fat Percentage Basics    • Body Composition and Body Fat Percentage B...   Laboratory Body Composition Tests to Measure Body Fat Percentage    • Laboratory Body Composition Tests to Measu...   Field Body Composition Tests to Measure Body Fat Percentage    • Field Body Composition Tests to Measure Bo...   The Four Macronutrients    • The Four Macronutrients   Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Basic Health Recommendations    • Dietary Guidelines for Americans - Basic H...   Exercise and Diet Basics for Weight Control    • Exercise and Diet Basics for Weight Control   See the current dietary guidelines from the US Department of Health and Human Services: https://health.gov/our-work/food-nutr... Find dietary reference intakes for specific nutrients: https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformat... Learn more about water intake needs: https://www.nap.edu/read/10925/chapter/6 https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Informa... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... To read a review article on the subject related specifically to exercise read the article linked to below. Generally speaking ketogenic diets either have no effect or a negative effect on both aerobic and anaerobic exercise performance/training outcomes. However, some studies do show improved performance at low aerobic exercise intensities. There are both positive and negative health outcomes that you should be aware of before beginning a ketogenic diet. Importantly some studies show a decrease in bone mass and increased risk of kidney stones. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... To read some review articles on the subject in favor of ketogenic diets read these: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Some interesting facts on low carb diets: Blood glucose is the only source of energy for red blood cells It takes about 8 days for the brain to adapt to using large amounts of ketones for fuel. Source of these facts: Exercise Physiology, Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, Seventh Edition- William D. McArdle Link to Dr. Evan Matthews website. https://sites.google.com/site/evanmat...