時尚雙語:男女有別，減肥也有別
When it comes to Weight loss, it often seems like men and women are from different planets. That’s the topic of my Today Show segment (check back later for the video). Does gender really make a difference in your ability to lose weight and keep it off? Read on, as I answer some questions I’m often asked. The answers are both biological and behavioral – not a surprise when it comes to Mother Nature. Do you have others? Let me know what you’re thinking!
Is it easier for men to lose weight than women?
It often can be. Men have more testosterone, which does two things: (1)supports greater muscle mass (so resting metabolism is usually higher); and (2) promotes more muscle mass with exercise – both which burn greater numbers of calories.
Plus, women have a biological “yo-yo” – childbearing, where excursions of weight are normal, and it’s often a struggle to get exactly back to the same pre-pregnancy weight. Monthly changes in hormonal status (up to and including menopause) also can stimulate appetite.
Do men and women accumulate different kinds of fat?
The fat is the same, but it’s distributed differently. Men typically have “belly” fat – around the middle, and women tend to have lower body fat, around the hips, thighs, and buttocks.
Is one kind of fat harder to lose than another?
Belly fat, most common in men, actually is targeted first during exercise. So, if you’re an exerciser, the biggest changes first seen will be in abdominal fat. The lower body fat is often deposited during the child-bearing years – where it is meant to be used when the baby is born to nourish (via breastfeeding). There are female hormones that target this fat at that time.
Do men and women eat differently for comfort?
In general, women are greater consumers of fruits and vegetables than men. When it comes to comfort, women seek out sweet/fat foods – think ice cream, baked goods, candy and chocolate, while men tend to look for savory and salty/fat foods – think pizza and cheeseburgers.
What about keeping weight off?
Weight maintenance is the great equalizer! Both women and men struggle with long term weight maintenance. Both sexes are “yo-yo” dieters. It appears that the same strategies for long term weight changes are the same for both men and women. One thing for sure, no matter how it comes off, we all need social support as a key strategy to keep it off!!
What do you think about this?
說到減肥，男人和女人似乎有着千差萬別。今天節目就圍繞這個話題。。。。。在減肥和保持體重上，性別真的起到至關重要的作用？繼續聽下去，我將回答一些我經常被問到的問題。引起這種差別的有生理上的原因和行爲上的原因—如果歸結到母性，那這些區別也就不足爲奇了。你還知道其他原因嗎？知道就請告訴我吧~
男人會比女人更容易減肥嗎？
一般是這樣的。男人有更多的雄性激素，這不僅保證了有着男人更大塊的肌肉，從而使得他們的新陳代謝旺盛，同時促進肌肉的運動。而這兩者恰恰會燃燒大量的卡路里。
再者，生育使得女人的體重變化不定。生育期間，體重增加甚爲正常，想要減到生育前的體重很是辛苦。再加上一月一次荷爾蒙數量的起伏變化（包括升高或是更年期）又使得女人胃口大開。
男人和女人堆積的脂肪是一類嗎？
一樣的脂肪，不同的分佈。男人的脂肪一般在腹部—在身體的正中間，而女人的脂肪一般堆積在下半身，比如在臀部和大腿、
不同脂肪有難減易減之分嗎？
男性經常堆積的腹部脂肪，通常在運動中首先被消耗的。所以說，如果你是個做運動的人，你將發現，肚子上的變化將是最先注意到的。而下半生的脂肪一般是在懷孕期間對堆積的，因爲這些脂肪將用於母乳餵養。這時雌性激素會作用於這些脂肪。
在吃的方面，男女有沒有不同的趨好？
一般來說，女人會吃更多的水果和蔬菜。但說到喜歡吃什麼，那麼諸如冰激凌，烘烤的食物，糖果，巧克力等甜的高脂肪食物將是女性的首選，而男性則喜歡可口的，鹹味的高脂肪食物，如匹薩和奶酪三明治。
在保持體重方面有區別嗎？
在保持體重方面男女是完全一樣的，他們都要爲長期體重的維持而奮鬥着，都是搖擺不定的減肥者。我們發現，同一種減肥策略對男女長期維持體重效果是一樣的。。但有一點是毋庸置疑的，那就是無論男女減肥是又怎樣的千差萬別，別人的幫助支持纔是讓我們保持體重最重要的戰略。
你認爲呢？
