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Ramadan is popularly associated with gaining weight, because people tend to binge before dawn and after sunset and are more sedentary than usual. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/07/cairo-the-...
Middle Eastern cuisine doesn't help either. Most of our food is high in carbs and fats, and we eat a ton of bread!
Good overview of the benefits of calorie restriction, but doesn't touch on two of the most important schools of thought of the past couple years. 1. Calorie restriction is almost impossible for most humans to follow long term 2. Many of the same benefits of calorie restriction may be achievable through intermittent fasting, which is much easier for people to follow. I've been experimenting with a daily 16 hour fast (…
> have seen small improvements in my energy and general well-being FWIW I have moved to eating small meals every 3 hours a few years ago and have seen huge improvements in my energy and general well-being. The most key of those meals is the midnight meal that ensures I wake up full of energy and ready to go. Nutrition is tricky.
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Do you have any source of proof of any of this? I have no problem waking up at 630am after 7 hours of sleep and not eating anything until after noon. Thinking to premodern humans, do you think they would frequently have food waiting for them as soon as they awoke? Some days maybe, but then other days probably not.
> Do you have any source of proof of any of this? Of course not. There's never been any significant evidence of health benefits from breakfast.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078443/
http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/03/05/eating-times-affect...
Here's a HN discussion regarding a Harvard study on the subject, from 7 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=199394
Please provide some evidence that these studies are insignificant and incorrect.
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Middle Eastern cuisine doesn't help either. Most of our food is high in carbs and fats, and we eat a ton of bread!
But that's all the time, not just ramadan.
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Ramadan is popularly associated with gaining weight, because people tend to binge before dawn and after sunset and are more sedentary than usual. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/07/cairo-the-...
Middle Eastern cuisine doesn't help either. Most of our food is high in carbs and fats, and we eat a ton of bread!
There is lots of proof now that obesity is not caused by "more calories in than calories out", it is caused by hormone reactions to what you eat (esp. insulin). Just read the books by Gary Taubs for zillions of details and references to studies. So the "eat less" claim in this article is again back to the old MD advice, "eat less and move more". Not going to work if you don't look at your macronutrients.
Most articles on eating tend to focus on weight, drawing the conclusion that weight (fat) is the problem, not eating. This article provides a refreshing perspective: > But the latest results suggested that significant health benefits can be garnered in an already healthy body – a person who isn’t underweight or obese. The take away here is that the problem with excessive eating isn't just the weight gain. There's som…
> Restricting calories is good for you even if you're already within a healthy BMI. How much of this study, and your statement, applies to highly active individuals, and atheletes? I box and train 5 - 7 times a week, and spar (high intensity with protective gear) twice a month. I tried restricting calories to lose fat and "lean out" but I find that I am constantly hungry (even after consuming proteins) and like someo…
I've been working on leaning out a while now, but I have the affliction of loving beer and whisky so much... (Canadian).
I work out 5 or 6 days a week for at least an hour in the morning immediately after waking: bike, run, weights, calisthenics. I'm 6 ft, ~210 lbs at present.
I start out with a high protein breakfast, a light lunch, and a high protein supper. I don't snack a lot, but if I do I go for nuts or a little chocolate. As is, I still feel hungry regularly and as is, I am at least a thousand to fifteen-hundred calories below my maintenance requirements.
Did I mention I enjoy my beer? I enjoy regular libation, usually beer and a (one or more) scotch, irish or canadian whisky and yet I'm losing weight at ~2 to 3 lbs a week. That said I very rarely indulge in any junk food, fast food, or overly fatty or carbed meals. So rarely do I eat pasta or potatoes these days. I usually have one slice of bread with breakfast and that's all unless I take a sandwich for lunch -- but I don't make rules out of that either.
I have heard many times over about the benefits of intermittent fasting, but I personally can't be bothered with the attention that fad diets and labeled lifestyles require.
I tried restricting my caloric intake as well, and I found I just had a severe drop in energy and focus when it came to my morning workouts and my daily work.
Just eat your greens people! Go heavy on the spinach.
I checked out the recipes on the iDiet website recommended in the article, and I'm feeling sad and deprived just reading them. I'm willing to suffer for better health, but I'd hate to suffer through a life of egg whites and margarine and then discover in the end that the science was wrong.
>I'd hate to suffer through a life of egg whites and margarine I know this wasn't your point but: I don't think people recommend eating margarine instead of real butter anymore. I won't claim to know if avoiding egg yolks is healthy or not, but many seem to think that dietary cholesterol isn't as bad as once thought.
https://www.theidiet.com/food/idiet-recipes/vanilla-spice-co...
And here's their cake made with egg whites, which I imagine is great for crying yourself to sleep while trying to ignore your hunger: https://www.theidiet.com/food/idiet-recipes/idiet-chocolate-...
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> have seen small improvements in my energy and general well-being FWIW I have moved to eating small meals every 3 hours a few years ago and have seen huge improvements in my energy and general well-being. The most key of those meals is the midnight meal that ensures I wake up full of energy and ready to go. Nutrition is tricky.
This is the direct opposite of IF, fwiw. It may feel better than large meals, but there's no reason to expect similar long term effects.
And my pet theory is that most of the effect in energy levels and well being that people get from IF is actually just from being mindful of what they eat for the first time.
Funfact: everyone feels better when they start eating well. Exactly which trick they use to make themselves eat well isn't too important.
All that to say that so far whenever I talked to anyone who's discovered intermittent fasting and said how much more energy they have now than they did before, when asked about their habits before, it's usually something like "Oh I just ate whatever I could find at random times in the day with pretty much no thought given to what I'm doing"