Energy all the time. Great sleep. Uninterrupted happiness throughout the day, without moodiness. How is the food lifestyle in Korea? In China it was pretty tough to eat healthy.. And lots of heavy drinking for business.
Sucks for uneducated consumers haha, they are pupppets. Like the dating anology! Food here is generally good. Yeah exactly, people seem to think that figuring out your health gets easier if you do more research into it. It gets more complicated. Its all so very complicated, im not over weight.. You need a mix of protein, fat and carbohydrates. None of them are bad or good intrinsically, you need to eat them in roughly the right proportions over time. The section on insulin is a little misleading. When we eat carbohydrates, the body breaks them down into sugars, which are absorbed into the bloodstream.
Cells that need energy take the sugar and convert it for immediate use. Too much or too little sugar in the blood is dangerous, so the body has mechanisms to regulate the levels. Insulin is a response to the high blood sugar glucose levels after eating. But the body can only store so much as glycogen, and when that reservoir is full and even before insulin tells the fat cells to convert the sugar to fat. As a final kicker for dieters, high insulin levels supress the ability to convert fat back to glucose. Constant high levels of insulin in the blood leads to the cells becoming less sensitive to the signal when it comes to regulation and increasingly high levels of insulin need to be produced to lower the blood sugar: this is insulin resistance.
These ultra high levels of insulin make getting rid of the fat stores next to impossible. So we want to avoid constantly spiking blood sugar and insulin levels so as we can minimise resistance.
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Generally simple sugars break down faster than complex carbohydrates and get into the blood in a rush, and normally we want the carbohydrates to be processed over a period of time. This is where glycemic index comes in as an indicator of how fast carbohydrates are processed, the bigger the number, the faster. Dietry fibre buffers the digestion and slows down the rate its simple sugars are absorbed, which is why fruits are okay despite all the simple sugars. Exercise helps lower insulin resistance if you already have it.
Thanks for the recap on Carbohydrates and insulin. I wanted to try and spare the audience a couple paragraphs which you wrote much better than I probably ever could. You honestly believe anyone eating that way would NOT end up overweight? Just about everyone, though, would benefit from the complete elimination of fake stuff non-foods , as well as refined carbs.
No, defnitely not. I said in roughly the right proportion, which will vary depending on the individual and is fairly flexible. I have more carb calories than fats, and I vary it on a daily basis — way too complicated for a lot of people. When I started my diet there were times I thought I was being good by not having the extra-large pizza for my cheat meal, and I actually lost less weight than in the weeks I had the cheat because I was so glycogen depleted. People have to find their own equilibrium.
There are no quick fixes that suit everyone unfortunately. Just some general guidelines. If you want to give people a simple message, your one on satiety is a good choice. Most people definitely feel fuller and end up eating less if they have meals higher in proteins and fats than the current Western average. Interesting re: the observation on stocking up again on chat meals when passing on the carb meals. It probably depends on the person and what their diet formerly was. Could be just me. You totally contradicted your main argument. While I agree fats to be more satiating, in the end its always going to be a simple equation of calories in vs calories out.
To say otherwise you are either misguided, or you are scamming people. But a simple equation, no. It was often a fraction of the predicted weight loss. Weight is a little bit more complex than that. In regard to this article, it was mostly in reference to people that dramatically reduce their calories. People that go on fad diets, starvation diets, etc. Dramatic calorie reduction often results in decreased testosterone and thyroid levels, libido, low energy, and potential muscle mass loss.
I did it by keeping a food diary and basically reduced my intake by kcal a day. I used various activity calculators on the internet as a guide. For me this simple calorie in — calorie out calculation has certainly not been any myth! If I felt for a Coke or cookies or candy — then I simply had it. Or at least for me this insight came quite naturally. And why would I desperately try to avoid something that gives me pleasure..?
Also I absolutely agree that you need to what makes you happy! Not true.
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Most people think you can lower to and lose but more often not true than true, because of the way people ease into this deficit. Slight caloric deficits work better everytime.. Yeah, you just re-iterated the entire point of my article. Avoid severe deficits and ultra low calorie diets. ADD to this that the body induces a super chemo-mechanic efficiency in the muscles. Leibel has clearly demonstrated that with regard to body weight, the body has a mind completely of its own.
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Leibel specifically said this. They also produce a lot of heat to warm their cores. Thin people also have radically different gut microflora strains than many obese people- who often have unfortunate gut microbiota.
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NONE of this contradicts the first law whatsoever. Much sillier to declare that calories are irrelevant, which you have backed off from in the comments, but is still all over your post. I lost and kept off 60 pounds, and still eat plenty of carbs. Beans, grains, fruit, yummy. I avoid deep fried, and highly processed, which is almost all bread, sweets, juice, soda.
Calories clearly are not irrelevant — if calories were irrelevant then people sitting in the Nazi concentration camps would still be living today. If you are dramatically eating less, you will lose weight. Also: the article has been since updated to reflect this, as I clearly did a poor job explaining it. I really enjoyed this article. I want to drop around 20 lbs. My new plan as of this week is: three boiled eggs, handful of almonds, pineapple juice and green tea spread out during the day; protein bar or protein smoothie for lunch, and a sensible dinner chicken, beef or fish and one veggie.
Routine was: egg in the morning, subway, salad or protein shake for lunch and sensible dinner. Have you had your thyroid checked? But obviously if a person is already eating healthy, we need to take things to the next level. Thank you Alex for responding. I am low key about it not excitable about it. Which can hurt or help. Been around the world south on that one. On Vit.
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My new plan involves eating more often. Not necessarily more. I am just spreading out typical meals throughout the day.