They float like corks,’ nutritionist says
Most Americans carry 40 extra pounds
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By DAWN GARCIA
Of the Emerald
You may think you’re in good shape, but
you’re probably carrying 40 pounds of body fat, a
fitness specialist told 350 people at a fitness clinic
Sunday.
“I think you could run a car on those 40
pounds of ‘crisco,’ ” joked nutritionist and phy
siologist Covert Bailey.
According to Bailey, many people are overly
fat even though they weigh what the “proper
charts” say they should.
Without exercise, the body stores fat inside
muscles where it isn't externally visible. And since
fat weighs less than muscle, no weight may be
noticed as fat replaces muscle, Bailey said.
"But you put them in a water tank to test body
fat, and they float like corks."
The water-tank test, designed by Bailey,
involves immersing a person in a dunk tank for
eight seconds to determine the percentage of
body fat
The ideal amount of body fat for a fit person is
15 percent for a man and 22 percent for a woman.
However, Bailey estimates that the average man is
24 percent fat and the average woman 33 percent.
But having an average percentage of body fat
doesn’t mean you don’t have a fat problem, Bailey
said.
"It just means you’re average sick.”
To be truly fit, people must lose the fat inside
the muscles as well visible fat, Bailey said. Other
wise, they'll continue on the never-ending cycle of
loss and gain — “the rhythm method of girth
control.”
The only way to lose fat permanently is to
replace fat with protein through exercise, Bailey
said. And the best exercise is aerobic exercise,
which burns both the sugars and fats in the body
for “complete combustion."
"If you want to be a better butter burner, do
aerobic exercise,” Bailey said.
Some aerobic exercises Bailey recommend
ed are jogging, bicycling, walking, cross-country
skiing, roller skating and aerobic dancing.
Along with 20 minutes of daily aerobic
exercise, Bailey says the “fat guy" should:
— Not skip meals.
— Not eat sugars.
— Not eat fat.
— Eat more roughage such as fibers and
whole grains.
Bailey also advises against fasting.
"Fasting cleanses your body of all its mu
scle."
And don’t fool yourself by eating honey,
thinking its all right because it’s a natural sugar.
“Poison oak is natural too,” Bailey said.
Bailey emphasized keeping active as one of
the important parts of keeping fit.
“If you don’t use it, you lose it.”
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