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> "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Where does this come from? Why do a lot of people keep parroting it?
https://michaelpollan.com/reviews/how-to-eat/
Ask HN: Most sustainable diet long term?
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#132good day to you. i understand deeply your emotion running within you considering some different hurdles, hustles and endeavors we've face daily. we have also same situation. i do really try hard searching for a most effective weight loss minus the lifting part. oftentimes laziness and binge eating always sabotage my fitness goals. recently i found an article, a revolutionary weight loss method perfect for fat and laz…
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#133It excludes a lot of things (ready sauces, biscuits, chips etc) so it's not that easy. But you will be surprised at how effective it is - you will end up eating a lot of good stuff (veggies, met, simple carbs) and weight will go down very fast. By very fast I mean something like 3kg / month at least.
The biggest enemy in loosing weight is sugar - we just don't realize how much sugar we are eating / drinking every day by consuming transformed food. There is simply no way you put so much sugar in any meal you prepare by yourself.
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#134I am avoiding diets because they only end up with me gaining more weight further down the road. Everyone remember the 'Biggest Loser' show? Turns out some researchers followed-up with a statistically- significant sample size of contestants, a little less than 200. About 93% re-gained their weight after the show (> 1yr) and of that 93%, half gained back MORE than they lost (around 10% more). The show gave contestants…
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No evidence to support Whole30. In fact, it excludes beans and legumes which are an excellent source of protein and fiber.
What are you comparing it to as a foundation for you comment? It includes lots of meat which is also a great source or protein. My wife and I both dropped a ton of weight and changed our eating habits for life. Like all diets your milage might vary.