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The Diet Fix

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Re: The Diet Fix

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After reading some of sites' other posts I think it's just not a reliable source of information. The 'science' is hand picked to support the author's arguments. This is no different them the candida, sugar or vitamin proponents. They all have scientific explanations and plans of action.

Re: The Diet Fix

#6
There is claim that exercise contributing to significant weight loss is a myth. I beg to disagree, while exercise itself might not be significant contributor to weight loss, no exercise means lower metabolism and overall health.

As always there is no silver bullet, you need to have a balanced lifestyle to be healthy.

Re: The Diet Fix

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post #2

Sounds promising. Calories in, calories out - the rest is just noise.

I dunno. I know people who've lost 100lbs and kept it off doing keto.

I bet if you counted the calories in/calories out it would show the calorie deficit accounting for it. The thing with low carb, in my experience, is that it does make it easier to eat less if you have the right attitude about it. I do it AND count calories. Also, just the fact that it cuts out most of the foods in the universe helps to make it an easy decision whether or not to eat something, whereas with just calorie counting all foods are available and that one bite can become 10 bites so easily. I believe those two things account for it's success rather than some trick subverting thermodynamics.

Re: The Diet Fix

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post #2

Sounds promising. Calories in, calories out - the rest is just noise.

I dunno. I know people who've lost 100lbs and kept it off doing keto.

I know people who have lost 100lbs and kept it off by starving themselves. Just because a method gets you results doesn't mean it is healthy.

Re: The Diet Fix

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There is claim that exercise contributing to significant weight loss is a myth. I beg to disagree, while exercise itself might not be significant contributor to weight loss, no exercise means lower metabolism and overall health. As always there is no silver bullet, you need to have a balanced lifestyle to be healthy.

Exercise can stimulate profoundly positive physiological changes, and that alone is a good enough reason to do it.

But people forget that they burn more calories during a single night of sleep than they do doing 3 hours of cardio a week. Balance is important, but shedding nutrition & health mythology is even more so.

Re: The Diet Fix

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There is claim that exercise contributing to significant weight loss is a myth. I beg to disagree, while exercise itself might not be significant contributor to weight loss, no exercise means lower metabolism and overall health. As always there is no silver bullet, you need to have a balanced lifestyle to be healthy.

Where does he claim that exercise doesn't matter?

"Exercise: You can’t out-exercise a bad diet, but regular exercise helps keep weight off, and changes your attitude for the better. And exercise has enormous health benefits beyond any impact on weight. What exercise? Something. Anything. “Some is good, more is better, everything counts” Freedhoff suggests."

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