Weight loss by diet or exercise benefits heart

It's the weight, stupid.

"Shedding excess pounds may restore some of the heart's youth, whether the weight loss comes from eating less or exercising more, the results of a small study suggests.

Researchers found that among 25 healthy but overweight middle-aged adults, moderate weight loss appeared to restore some the heart's youthful elasticity -- making it easier for the heart to relax between contractions and refill with blood.

It did not appear to matter whether the weight loss was achieved through diet changes or exercise, the researchers report in the American Journal of Physiology."

Since exercise is so inefficient at causing weight loss, it should be avoided for weight loss, unless you have lots of time to spend.

There are other reasons, better reasons, to be physically active.

"'If individuals want to do something that's good for their heart, then my message to them is lose weight by the method they find most tolerable,' Dr. Sandor J. Kovacs, the senior researcher on the study, said in a statement."

As I have been telling you for years.

If you think this is some validation of what I have been saying, then I suggest you avoid all expert diet advice and do what works.

And if you have failed at an expert's diet or fitness program, take action.