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Without the full shot of the plate or another object as a frame of reference, it's hard to tell how much volume each portion of food represents. The imgur gallery makes it easier to gauge the portion size in my opinion. http://imgur.com/gallery/w9nHF
As someone who's successfully lost a lot of weight on a low carb / no grain diet, this chart irks me. That a handful of almonds has the same calories as a certain amount of Captain Crunch is irrelevant. The latter will quickly convert to glucose in your body, however, (unlike almonds) and that will make a huge difference in your satiety levels, insulin response (Hello, Metabolic Syndrome!), etc... [1] Some good resou…
"It's too hard, it's too complicated, I'll never lose weight".
For the vast majority of people that need to lose weight, keeping it simple is the best thing.
Goal:
Eat less calories than you use each day. (fullstop!)
Once they've lost a chunk of weight, they can start dialing it in with complicated stuff about carbs vs. fat vs. protein etc, etc, etc,
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I'm down 14kg in 120 days on a keto based diet. Works brilliantly, sustainably and enjoyable. Carbs are also full of empty calories, better to eat more nutrients like fat! I'm healthier because of that. The chart isn't particularly useful, but it's still interesting imo Whatever works for you of course is the best. Regrettably I've been a bit preachy about keto diets before, but understand now that some people prefer…
Carbs are NOT "empty calories", there is no such thing.
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Carbs are NOT "empty calories", there is no such thing.
I think the poster is referring to them as empty calories in the sense that they provide no nutritional value. They get processed into blood sugar very quickly but do not provide the body anything essential.
Canola oil sounds frightening!
Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil are all pure fat, so they are all around 120 cal per Tbsp (9 cal per gram).
From a calorie standpoint, butter is better, as it is not 100% fat. It also tastes way better.
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No, a spoonful of refined white sugar contains 100% calories. It does not contain any minerals, vitamins, protein, essential fatty acids, micronutrients or antioxidants, which in the context of this discussion, is what is meant by saying it has no nutrients.
There are only 4 macronutrients (foods metabolism can run on): carbs, fat, protein, & ethanol. So if you believe protein & fat are nutrients, then you must believe carbs are as well.
Brown Sugar
53 grams = 200 Calories
Splenda Artifical Sweetener
50 grams = 200 Calories
I don't understand?
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lol paleo I've been losing weight lately without any fad diet. I just cut my caloric intake by 20% and boosted my caloric output by 20-30% with regular exercise.
What part of Paleo is a fad exactly? It's trying to replicate consumption of food we evolved off. A pretty simple idea. Sugar/carbs are not something readily available in human history in the vast quantities we eat them today.
The fact that it is fundamentally inaccurate with no basis in reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet#Opposing_views
This page says: Brown Sugar 53 grams = 200 Calories Splenda Artifical Sweetener 50 grams = 200 Calories I don't understand?
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anecdotal evidence I will add, I lost 30 pounds from February to July last year with a break fast that was either 2 donuts or bagels from Dunkin Donuts along with their large coffee and cream. I simply counted calories and worked out. I aimed for 1600-2000 a day and the weight just came off. One snack I had to drop, and mean I had to because it was a binge type snack, was nuts. The calories I was consuming were silly…
There are plenty of ways to lose weight. Cutting calories is a very effective way of losing weight. This doesn't discount the fact that cutting carbs also works. In my case, it has been working spectacularly. I believe that I don't need to cut calories or cut the amount of food I eat, and still lose weight, by choosing food that is very low in carbs. I limit myself to 1 granola bar per day, plus whatever incidental a…
"Eating the same diet, just a lot less carbs"
If you're eating less carbs, that's 4 calories less for every grab of carbs you've cut out. If previously you were eating around 200g of carbs everyday (probably on the low end, honestly) you've now removed around 800 calories from your diet.
You're still cutting calories.