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The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less

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Re: The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less

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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 highly suggest looking into a low carb high fat diet (paleo or keto), perhaps coupled with Intermittent Fasting (or even extended fasts every once in a while) if you want to reap the benefits described in this article without subjecting yourself to a life of miserable calorie counting. After a small period of adaptation, you won't have cravings, you'll have more energy and be more focused, and you won't have to cou…

You write "Margarine, like pretty much any vegetable oil other than olive/avocado/coconut, is really bad for you."

Do you have sources for that? Which vegetables oils are healthy and which are unhealthy and why?

The only relevant knowledge I have is that saturated and trans fats are bad and that unsaturated are good. One source for that is for example https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you... .

If this is what you are refering to then margarine is indeed bad because it often contains high amounts of trans fat but for example coconut oil isnt good either for its high saturated fat content. Plenty of other vegetable oils should be fine judging by their fat contents rather than "really bad".

Re: The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less

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But so good. :(

So damn true haha! Have you tried Tunisian cuisine? The food we are mostly known for is couscous . It's actually popular among North African countries, but I prefer the southern Tunisian variant to the rest. Spoiler: I'm a Tunisian.

Is there a great restaurant that you could recommend that serves Tunisian food?

Re: The secret to a long and healthy life? Eat less

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This kind of aggressive diet is usually followed by gaining back the weight.

Of course you will gain the weight back, if your eating above your daily calorie burn - that has nothing to do with aggressive weight loss. You just need to keep your weekly average low enough to not gain the weight back. Depending on your metabolism and your bodies "set point" you might only need 3-5 days a month of this to maintain your current weight.

Late response, but: My point was not that the mechanics are flawed, rather that most people don't have the discipline to maintain their weight loss when it comes from a short, extreme intervention rather than a holistic lifestyle change.
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