Why our food is making us fat

[garp]

Nutrition. Loads of articles for anyone interested in more detailed information. Also has some good articles on why diets and exercise can fail.

Website seems to sit on the fence about low carb diets - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nut...s-part-2.html:

Now, I want to make it very clear that I’m not trying to make this either a pro-fat or anti-carbohydrate article or trying to make a low-carbohydrate diet the default choice for anybody. My point is simply that the idea that ‘fat is bad’ and ‘carbs are good’ (or the opposite) is too simplistic to be meaningful.
Not all fat is bad and not all carbs are good. The source, the composition of the rest of the diet, the total amounts you’re eating of each, your activity level and other variables all factor in. Whether you’re talking about health risk or obesity, you can’t simply pin the blame on one factor or the other.

Riiight.. sounds like typical nutritionist speak. This may be good, that may be bad, depends depends, variables, moderation... etc, etc. I think the real problem is that many of these experts/nutritionists/dieticians/etc have decades of careers staked on the balanced foods, low fat, low calorie, calories in vs out model and it is very hard to acknowledge that what you've believed and advocated for so long is all probably wrong.

[patrick]

Website seems to sit on the fence about low carb diets - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nut...s-part-2.html:



Riiight.. sounds like typical nutritionist speak. This may be good, that may be bad, depends depends, variables, moderation... etc, etc. I think the real problem is that many of these experts/nutritionists/dieticians/etc have decades of careers staked on the balanced foods, low fat, low calorie, calories in vs out model and it is very hard to acknowledge that what you've believed and advocated for so long is all probably wrong.

Yeah it's hard to believe that everything you've been tought in those four years is not only wrong, but damaging people... But they need to catch a wake up.

[DrYes]

Website seems to sit on the fence about low carb diets - http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nut...s-part-2.html:



Riiight.. sounds like typical nutritionist speak. This may be good, that may be bad, depends depends, variables, moderation... etc, etc. I think the real problem is that many of these experts/nutritionists/dieticians/etc have decades of careers staked on the balanced foods, low fat, low calorie, calories in vs out model and it is very hard to acknowledge that what you've believed and advocated for so long is all probably wrong.

Its their chosen career and they need to make a living so the only way to do it is to ensure that process of weight loss is very complicated.
you have to continuously go back for more convoluted advise and pay for it.

I was on weigh less many years ago and the scientific approach to eating totally put me off.You had to eat 6 balanced and weighed meals a day from the different groups.
Every week it changed and there was different diets for males and females of different age groups.

[Humberto]

Can you get enough protein from eating only fruits, vegetables, breads, nuts and legumes?

[Sinbad]

Can you get enough protein from eating only fruits, vegetables, breads, nuts and legumes?

Yeah but you must be rigorous in ensuring you get enough protein. Lots of nuts and legumes. Not enough means your body starts cannibalizing muscle tissue.
However, you have dentition evolved for an omnivorous diet... For a reason. You are not a herbivore.

[Humberto]

Yeah but you must be rigorous in ensuring you get enough protein. Lots of nuts and legumes. Not enough means your body starts cannibalizing muscle tissue.
However, you have dentition evolved for an omnivorous diet... For a reason. You are not a herbivore.

Calorie by calorie, will all the "healthy" fat in nuts cause weight gain more than other foods?

[Freaksta]

Also started a low carb diet, I'm not "fat" but at 78kg at 170cm I have a few extra kg, in a week and a half I've already dropped down to 75kg, this is only by restricting my carbs to between 50 and 100g, maybe due to water loss etc, but I do feel a lot better! Still crave sweets, but I'm sure with time it will get better! Also read the whole primal blueprint book, very interesting read! I do struggle when it comes to vegetables but currently exploring other veg, cooked in other ways!

[Randhir]

Also started a low carb diet, I'm not "fat" but at 78kg at 170cm I have a few extra kg, in a week and a half I've already dropped down to 75kg, this is only by restricting my carbs to between 50 and 100g, maybe due to water loss etc, but I do feel a lot better! Still crave sweets, but I'm sure with time it will get better! Also read the whole primal blueprint book, very interesting read! I do struggle when it comes to vegetables but currently exploring other veg, cooked in other ways!

Keep your water intake up. Also salt to ward off cramping.

[Safferbeauty]

OK this is all interesting. I just started on a healthy eating life style. Cut out all fizzy drinks, beers and junk etc. I have started walking and doing 20 min in evening and mornings on the stepping machone but how would one keep on being motivated. I am all enthusiastic in the beginning but then I feel demotivated. What do I do?

[DJ...]

Self motivation. Nothing else will work, unless you want to join the army?

[DrYes]

Calorie by calorie, will all the "healthy" fat in nuts cause weight gain more than other foods?

Simple answer is yes.consume only the bare minimum essential fatty acids from nuts.
What the body doesn't need it stores.Stick to Almonds as the nut of choice.

[DrYes]

OK this is all interesting. I just started on a healthy eating life style. Cut out all fizzy drinks, beers and junk etc. I have started walking and doing 20 min in evening and mornings on the stepping machone but how would one keep on being motivated. I am all enthusiastic in the beginning but then I feel demotivated. What do I do?

What motivated you in the first place?
Tell people close to you about your plans so you know you have a commitement to show them what you capable of.

[Humberto]

Yeah but you must be rigorous in ensuring you get enough protein. Lots of nuts and legumes. Not enough means your body starts cannibalizing muscle tissue.
However, you have dentition evolved for an omnivorous diet... For a reason. You are not a herbivore.

Would taking Ensure ensure that you get enough protein if only eating breads, fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes?

[DJ...]

That is a good post. Not all food is making us fat. like when you eat vegetables and fruits, it has lots of fibers and Vitamins that helps for digestion, good for your health. And good for skin also, it has anti-oxidants. but when you always eat meat, specially beef, it has lots of fats and oil.

I think you need to read the initial post once more. And then the rest of the thread. Fats and oils can be very good for you and are essential in a healthy diet, especially if you want to lose weight...

[Korn1]

OK this is all interesting. I just started on a healthy eating life style. Cut out all fizzy drinks, beers and junk etc. I have started walking and doing 20 min in evening and mornings on the stepping machone but how would one keep on being motivated. I am all enthusiastic in the beginning but then I feel demotivated. What do I do?

Keep changing the exercises every 3 weeks or so. You could also walk with the wife etc. Also cheat at times