NEAT for Women’s Health
We talked about how exercise benefits women’s health, but did you know there is another type of movement that helps you burn extra calories and stay healthy?
It’s called NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), and studies suggest it’s the most important factor to predict whether you lose weight and keep it off! One large study found that people with higher levels of NEAT experienced less cardiovascular disease and a lower mortality rate. REGARDLESS of how much intentional exercise they were doing.* 🤯
So, what is NEAT? It’s basically all movement that isn’t intentional exercise. In other words, things like gardening, standing, walking to the store, cooking, cleaning, and taking the stairs.
People who move throughout the day are more likely to achieve weight-loss goals than those who have one intense exercise session but are sedentary the rest of the day. Crazy, right? Even small increases in your NEAT activity can burn hundreds of daily calories. 🔥
Check out the graphic below for ways to increase your NEAT.
🤔 How would you like to ramp up your NEAT activity? Comment below what your favorite NEAT activities are. Do you have a favorite that’s not on this list?
*Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24167194
