Exercise Before Fatty Meal May Curb Bad Effects
(NY, Reuters Health, 12/20/04)

Dr. Jason Gill of the University of Glasgow in the UK, and team, studied 20 men, half of whom were normal-weight and the other half obese. The investigators had each subject walk on a treadmill for 90 minutes on one day, then eat a meal consisting of foods containing a total of 80 grams of fat on the next day. On a separate occasion, they had the subjects eat a similar fatty meal the day after an exercise-free day. In both cases, the researchers found that the subjects’ triglyceride levels rose and their blood vessel function decreased after the fatty meal; however, these negative effects occurred to a lesser degree when the fatty meal was consumed on the day after exercising. The scientists conclude that pre-meal exercise may lessen the unhealthy effect of high fat intake on the blood vessels.

(Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 21, 2004)