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To: detective

Spend less money on food and more time working out. Problem solved.

Fat, like smoking, is a choice; ‘do what thou wilt’ just don’t ask me to pay for the results of your poor choices.

Eat fewer calories than you burn, you *WILL* lose weight, anyone saying otherwise is an ignorant idiot.


11 posted on 09/04/2014 8:30:56 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: RedStateRocker

You are ignorant.

It is not “calories in...calories out”. Read up.

It is how your body handles fat, protein, and carbohydrates.

Our nation’s overweight problems are linked to our increased consumption of convenience foods and other foods that are high in carbohydrate counts.


14 posted on 09/04/2014 8:39:56 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: RedStateRocker
Eat fewer calories than you burn, you *WILL* lose weight, anyone saying otherwise is an ignorant idiot.

Not so.

In fact, the history of nutrition and diet studies is replete with baffled scientists trying to figure out why many people can't lose weight by eating less and exercising.

15 posted on 09/04/2014 8:40:48 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: RedStateRocker
Eat fewer calories than you burn, you *WILL* lose weight, anyone saying otherwise is an ignorant idiot.

Calories are excreted. Measure those and you would have a point. The best indicator of excreted calories is speed of digestion. A couple hours of digestion will keep the calories moving. Some Americans diets cause multiple day digestion.

30 posted on 09/04/2014 9:36:14 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: RedStateRocker

“Eat fewer calories than you burn, you *WILL* lose weight, anyone saying otherwise is an ignorant idiot.”

Actually, one needs to be an idiot to think a human body is like a car: gas in, miles out.

The types of food you eat and your body’s hormones have a huge impact on how much your body stores and how much it passes thru. That is a big part of why we tend to gain weight as we age - less estrogen and testosterone, both of which tend to use up fat.

The US government has been pushing a low fat, high carb diet since George McGovern - yeah, him - pushed it in the Senate in the 70s. And after 40 years, obesity and diabetes are up. From what I’ve seen, my Mom was right in the 60s: if you want to lose weight or control your weight, eat proteins and fat in moderation and try to minimize carbohydrates.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/02/health/low-carb-vs-low-fat-diet.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=2


65 posted on 09/04/2014 12:54:47 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: RedStateRocker
Fat, like smoking, is a choice; ‘do what thou wilt’ just don’t ask me to pay for the results of your poor choices.

But you are forced to pay for it. Should the govt force healthy choices on us?

134 posted on 09/05/2014 12:36:00 PM PDT by Ken H
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