Posted on 05/27/2013 2:35:55 PM PDT by Altariel
A CALORIE is a calorie. This truism has been the foundation of nutritional wisdom and our beliefs about obesity since the 1960s.
What it means is that a calorie of protein will generate the same energy when metabolized in a living organism as a calorie of fat or carbohydrate. When talking about obesity or why we get fat, evoking the phrase “a calorie is a calorie” is almost invariably used to imply that what we eat is relatively unimportant. We get fat because we take in more calories than we expend; we get lean if we do the opposite. Anyone who tells you otherwise, by this logic, is trying to sell you something.
But not everyone buys this calorie argument, and the dispute erupted in full force again last week. The Journal of the American Medical Association published the results of a clinical trial by Dr. David Ludwig of Boston Children’s Hospital and his collaborators. While the media tended to treat the study as another diet trial — what should we eat to maintain weight loss? — it spoke to a far more fundamental issue: What actually causes obesity? Why do we get fat in the first place? Too many calories? Or something else?
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
That's 1560 Kcals.
I eat more than that for first and second breakfast.
I don't gain weight.
Different people process food differently. There is no rule that works for everyone. (unless you are a gooberment employee)
/johnny
TRUE
The fork. The eeeeevil, wicked fork, it tempts us...yes it does!
“but it also depends on how well your metabolism works. Many people gain weight in middle age even if they maintain the same diet and level of activity, because their metabolism changes.”
I agree with that. I have seen it over the years. Some people can eat a ton of food and not get fat. Some get fat just by passing by the candy section.
We doesn’t know what it is talking about, Precious.
Sweet, tasty, starchy carbs, corn, wheat, rice, potatoes.
Perhaps people are fat because they’ve been listening to these boneheads and their food pyramid.
Tell me more, tell me how. Links, probiotic product suggestions. Pretty please.
I forgot to add that he runs 5-6 miles a day. But that wouldn't have anything to do with his weight, would it? /s
And if you are yoked to a person on the flip side of the coin, it's double hard, because of the interpersonal resentments that can grow.
One of the things I learned in culinary school is that people process the food differently, but most folks like the same stuff.
I don't point fingers at anyone, regardless of weight, and want to tell them what they are doing wrong.
Too bad the media can't do the same.
/johnny
But let me add an apple and a cup of yogurt to my diet and watch the fat start coming on. And I feel like people don't believe me, but I'm 47 and I've been through this again and again. My mom says "Just count calories" and I nearly scream at her. (And I'm not normally a screamer.)
If you were in the wilderness and all you had to eat was rabbit or trout, you would starve because it takes more energy to metabolize protein than it yields.
/johnny
I truly wish I could come through with hard data, but this is ongoing research around the world, at an almost “gold rush” pace, and not just for obesity, but for autoimmune problems, protection against antibiotic resistant bacteria, and the list goes on and on.
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine identified 26 species of bacteria in the human gut microbiota that appear to be linked to obesity and related metabolic complications. These include insulin resistance, high blood sugar levels, increased blood pressure and high cholesterol, known collectively as “the metabolic syndrome,” which significantly increases an individual’s risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
If you can punch through this data, you are welcome to try:
As far as probiotics go, the best bet would probably be to start consuming “Kefir”, which is now sold in grocery stores and tastes like flavored or unflavored yoghurt smoothies. Popular brands have 10 or 12 probiotic strains.
However, it takes about a month of consistent consumption of probiotics to even start to modify the flora.
Dear Abby,
I’ve been listening to my body,
and it only belches, farts, hiccups
sneezes, and squeaks.
What to do?
SIGN ME: Regular Listener
i’m with you on that
If I buy myself a good steak I may spend more for that one meal, but I am not hungry that night or maybe even the whole next day
good protein is all you need to lose weight
and some of us would have to buy our clothes in the Hippopotamus department
what do you eat?
Try something- eat NOTHING but steak and vegetables this next week, and see what happens
(and I do mean NOTHNG- no bread especially of any kind)
I lose weight when I eat like that
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