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Low fat – we’re gonna need more nails
Low fat dieting for weight loss doesn’t work. That is, it works, just very very poorly. In fact it works just enough for confused obesity researchers to call the weight loss significant. Somewhere along the way, it was decided that a 5% loss of initial body weight is to be considered clinically significant [1]. So…
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The satiating effects of protein
«The mechanisms by which protein may affect satiety remain elusive.» Halton and Hu 2004 [1] “Although the immediate satiating effect of dietary fat may be comparatively weak, there is no doubt that ingested fat does inhibit feeding.” Leonhardt 2004 [2] LCHF opponents keep throwing out the same old argument, that fat is the least satiating…
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Physical activity and weight loss
Physical activity is a poor strategy for weight loss. Still, all around the world, clinicians and health personnel are chasing fat people around, getting them to move, move and move even more. When, in the end it becomes clear that moving more doesn’t affect weight, the blame is often put on the overweight. They must…
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The setpoint hypothesis revisited
The homeostasis (hō’mē-ō-stā’sĭs): The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. Humans are warm blooded and the enzymes that make us, require a certain temperature to operate optimally. The water and ion concentration of cells must remain at a certain level to allow for normal cellular…
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Kurt Harris, the messiah, the hype and the throwing of scales
I think Kurt Harris is a smart man and makes some very good points now and then, not to mention his reading list resembles my own. But reading his blog recently I keep thinking of Monty Pythons Life of Brian. For those less versed in the film (shame on you!), Brian is mistaken for the…
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What is the best exercise for fat loss? Part V – the conclusion
I wondered what the best exercise for fat loss was. I honestly didn’t know the answer, but now feel I have acquired a more thorough understanding. As a scientist I ask questions I want answered and work to find the answers. However, all this digging in the details and nerding about does not mean fat…
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What is the best exercise for fat loss? Part IV
The biasI have this theory. In the last post I concluded that there is sufficient data for recommending high intensity exercise in favor of low intensity for fat loss. Admittedly, the data in support of this is not strong. It is there, but I would not bet my life on it yet. I might be…
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What is the best exercise for fat loss? Part III
For some reason it makes intuitive sense to me that high intensity exercise is better for fat loss than low intensity, but I do not quite know how this came to make sense. High intensity exercise will cause a primary burning of glucose and so high intensity exercise will make our muscles better at taking…
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What is the best exercise for fat loss? Part II
Energy expenditure – does it count? No current treatment for obesity reliably sustains weight loss, perhaps because compensatory metabolic processes resist the maintenance of the altered body weight. Leibel, Rosenbaum and Hirsch 1995 [1] The energy For some background reading on energy, this might be of interest. Most endurance exercise apparatus found in a gym…
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What is the best exercise for fat loss?
You’d think this question was easy to answer after studying exercise and health for many years. You’d think I would know. I would think I would know, but when asking myself the question recently, it struck me that I didn’t. I can make a calculated guess, but I should know. What sort of exercise would…
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What if…
“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all…
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