Women need not eat low calorie meals after a session at the gym in ladies fitness wear, research has suggested.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan found that exercise enhanced insulin sensitivity and that this was particularly noticeable when meals with a low carbohydrate content were eaten after the session.

It was also discovered that when participants of the study ate relatively low-calorie meals after exercise, insulin sensitivity was not improved any more than when they ate the equivalent number of calories to those that they burned off during exercise.

The study, entitled Energy deficit after exercise augments lipid mobilisation but does not contribute to the exercise-induced increase in insulin sensitivity, has been published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.

According to the NHS, there are approximately 24 million overweight and obese people in the UK and the best way of tackling this problem is through encouraging healthy eating and regular exercise.

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