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Seven Thyroid Diet Secrets

By Mary Shomon, About.com

Updated: August 24, 2006

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If There's Only One Exercise You Do, This Should Be It

If you have the energy or time to do only one type of exercise – weight-bearing/muscle building, or aerobics, which one should you choose? Well, ideally, you should be doing both, but in my book The Thyroid Diet, I posed this question to About's exercise Guide Paige Waehner, who had this to say:
I would probably choose strength training. When you build lean muscle, you're giving your body the ability to burn more calories even when you're not exercising. A pound of fat only burns around 6-10 calories each day while a pound of muscle can burn up to 60 calories per day. Adding more muscle means burning more calories, period.

WHAT TO DO? Check out Paige's section on Strength Training.

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