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    "title": "Why going to the gym can make you fat",
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    "created": "2012-08-03 17:07:58 UTC",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>YOU\u00e2\u0080\u0099RE WORKING UP AN APPETITE</p>\n<p>Part of the problem is what scientists refer to as \u00e2\u0080\u0098compensation\u00e2\u0080\u0099.</p>\n<p>There is no doubt exercise burns calories, but at the kind of level most of us work out, it also stimulates hunger.</p>\n<p>The more moderate activity we do, the more we eat, effectively cancelling out the weight loss benefits.</p>\n<p>Linia Patel, a sports dietician with the British Dietetic Association, says it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a misnomer that exercise is a green light to increase the calories.</p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0080\u0098Appetite often soars when you exercise a lot,\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Patel says. \u00e2\u0080\u0098You need to make sure you\u00c2\u00a0 eat enough, but stop before you get to the point where you aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t burning excess energy off.\u00e2\u0080\u0099</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Your body is not a machine; it has complex feedback loops.  This is why the \"calories-in calories-out\" hypothesis is naive, at best.  Via <em><a href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2180687/Why-going-gym-make-FAT.html\">Why going to the gym can make you FAT | Mail Online</a></em>.</p>\n"
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