Posted on 12/14/2012 6:41:08 PM PST by neverdem
People have different metabolisms. Go figure.
/johnny
...and especially the field of climatology.
To me he proves without a shadow of a doubt that Atkins works. Of course, I have a wife who loves to bake, and who cooks using a lot of carbs. So I have an excuse.
The ONLY scientific weight formula proven countless times (and disproven only for a few extraordinary cases) is:
(lower Calories )+ (exercise) =weight loss
The more you increase the variables on the left the more you get results on the right.
Everything else is wishful thinking.
And I am working on the left but I don’t hold out any visions of anything affecting my weight except hard work and discipline.
I’m not overweight, I’m just too short so I’ve decided next year I shall grow another 5 or 6 inches taller.
Your equation doesn't include those of use that consume a lot of calories, and don't spend a lot of time exersizing, and stay rail thin.
As a food service professional, I care about this issue. I'm glad they are doing the test. I look forward to the results.
/johnny
Medicine operates, according to an ID friend of mine, much like a religion. To attack principles that are believed holy will be met with much resistance. A good example of this is statins and cholesterol where the side effects are frequently ignored in groups such as geriatric patients. First do no harm often goes out the window in the zeal to prescribe the holy drug.
Simply not true. You can eat unlimited calories and do no excercise on the Atkins diet, and lose weight. It’s all about carbs, especially “bad carbs”.
Very few people can stay on the Atkins diet for long though.
>>What kind of calories? Carbohydrates? Fats? The body treats them differently.
Your equation doesn’t include those of use that consume a lot of calories, and don’t spend a lot of time exersizing, and stay rail thin.<<
Statistical Outlier. There are some forms of calories that affect the formula more than others but overall the formula holds.
Wishful thinking “science” in weight loss is just that. Wishful thinking. Good for Dr. Nick infomercials at 1:00 AM.
Look at the show “Biggest Loser.” They do formulate the diets to be the most efficient for weight loss (and tailor it to the the individual). But it is the sweat that does the most (and most important) work.
Thanks neverdem :Gary Taubes is very good indeed. He points out that fat does not make fat but carbs do. If you’re interested see this article...
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html
Explains nothing. Describe a mechanism.
/johnny
Why the Atkins diet doesn’t work (1 of millions): http://www.zonediet.com/blog/2011/01/why-the-atkins-diet-doesn%E2%80%99t-work-and-never-will/
I assume you were checking your blood sugar levels through out. You may have given yourself Type II diabetes.
Lol must be nice! I can’t lose weight unless I embrace a low GI diet. Too bad I love dark chocolate and bread! Seriously, I work out like crazy and I see no results. Cut carbs? Oh yeah, instant weight loss!
/johnny
I eat steaks, hand-crafted pizza, for breakfast I have scrambled egg, sausage, and hashbrowns, except Sundays when I have herring, stewed tomatoes, and dark beer.
I don't gain weight. I'm within 10% of what I weighed when I enlisted the first time back in 1980.
Gotta be a mechanism. Science should figure it out.
/johnny
Thanks for the link.
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