In episode 61 Richard and Karen look at scientific studies involving exercise and weight loss and sort the facts from the fiction.

We dive into studies showing that increasing exercise does not necessarily reduce the number on the scale but can make the body go into metabolic compensation.

Here are some of the studies referenced in this episode

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.21986

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2744924

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16358397

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25323965

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(15)01577-8

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0040503