This clearly can't be a good thing. How did we go from being the most healthy, robust nation in the history of the Earth to this?
Here's a bunch of responses the author received, including this:
"Even the most obese in my patient population stubbornly insist they do not overeat and that they must have a glandular problem or some other explanation."
I find it pretty hard to believe that half the nation is overweight because of a lack of will. Exercise and cutting calories doesn't work to lose weight (I've tried), and it's entirely likely that these are not at the root of the obesity problem. Two of the most commonly consumed foods in our diet, wheat and industrial seed oils, seem to cause people to become obese and sick, yet these are recommended for our consumption by most of the medical establishment.
> Exercise and cutting calories doesn't work to lose weight.
ReplyDeleteThat's seems like an odd statement. Because it works for me. And lot's of other people. But we're not all alike, so maybe a more accurate statement could have been "Exercise and cutting calories doesn't work for *everyone*"?
The studies all show that it doesn't work.
ReplyDeleteI tried for years to exercise enough to lose some weight, and had no luck.
Fixing my diet and intentionally exercising less caused me to drop all the weight that I'd gained since my 20s.
But I will note that most people who decide they want to loose weight fix their diet to some extent.
I'll post a study I just found as a new post...
Thanks for the comment!
Well, when I eat more calories, I gain weight; when I eat less, I lose.
ReplyDeleteLikewise if I exercise more, I can eat more calories without gaining weight.
I've been tracking my weight/calories/and exercise on a website for the past 18 months or more...and the numbers are amazingly consistent. It's how I lost the 18 pounds I'd gained since college (and kept it off for the last year...
But I'm willing to admit "your mileage may vary"... ;-)
It works well in the short-term. It fails in the long term, because you can't starve yourself to health.
ReplyDeleteThe nice thing about this paleo approach is that once you avoid certain foods, you no longer have to worry about calories. I've lost far more weight doing this than I had when I was trying to exercise and cut calories.
And yes, "your mileage may vary". ;)