Just because women workout regularly in their ladies fitness wear does not mean they are healthy, according to an academic.

Dr Timothy Church recently conducted a study examining the link between diet, health and exercise in the gym.

He found that many people undo the hard work they put in at the gym by "eating the wrong foods afterwards".

Dr Church told the Daily Telegraph: "When they exercise heavily, they compensate and increase their energy intake.

"So after spending time in the gym, they eat a chocolate muffin, which undoes all of the work they did."

A recent study by a team at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center indicated that a high-protein Atkins-style diet led to a significant increase in atherosclerosis - a build up of plaque in the heart's arteries.

The researchers, who published their work in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggested that this could lead to an increased risk of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.
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