AboutGlen F. Aukerman, <B>M.D.</B> Expertise 27 years of private practice, 16 years of Academic Family Medicine, 12 years of Managed Care activities, 6 years of integrative holistic medicine and nutrigenomic consultations
Experience I have been President of the American Academy of Family Physicians, served on the Health Reform Task Force at the White House, Have Chaired 2 University Depts of Family Medicine, Have practiced private family medicine for 30 years and University family medicine for 12 years. I am board certified in Family Medicine, Holistic Medicine and managed care. I am consultant for several pharmaceutical companies,past Medical Director of two managed care companies. I have 4 children, 3 in medicine, 2 are family physicians, one in sports medicine, one in internal medicine residency and 6 grand children.
Organizations AMA
AAFP
AHMA
ACPM
ACHIM
ABQAURP
Publications JAMA
ABFP
Education/Credentials MD
FABFM
FABHIM
FACPM
Awards and Honors Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award
Best Doctors, 2004-present
Past/Present Clients Nationwide Health Plan
Your Plan for Health
Question I am doing daily weightlifting and aerobics to loose weight. I am loosing 1-2 pounds per month of weight. What I do not understand is exactly how loosing weight works. I read: increase your heart rate to 20 beats per 10 seconds for weight loss, i.e. aerobic exercises, but how would THAT make you loose weight? Other suggestions, that make more sense to me; lift weights, heavy, often, to make your body DEMAND energy; available, and stored, to make muscle movement possible. I read that THIS WAY works better than aerobics. Combination of both probably will give the best results, or should I concentrate on 1 only. My body does weightlifting very well, I get my heart rate up to 20 beats per 10 seconds, but does NOT do aerobics well. I get really tired after only 1-3 minutes of aerobics. I can do weightlifting for 15-30 minutes with little fatigue or pain afterwards.
Answer Actually the aerobic exercise raises the metabolic rate for 72 hours while the weight lifting tones and builds muscle and burns calories to do that, so you really need both. But if you had a choice cutting out all wheat and rye and their flours plus 30 minutes of aerobic activity daily would create an amazingly healthy body but you would need at least light weighs for muscle developement and definition. The muscle activity except for aerobic does not improve health except for the actual calories it burns. OK?
