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Sure! Doing calorie math doesn't have anything to do with your weight. However, actually reducing calories still seems to be the way to lose weight: Dr. Gardne
by loteck 9y ago
Sure! Doing calorie math doesn't have anything to do with your weight. However, actually reducing calories still seems to be the way to lose weight:
Dr. Gardner said it is not that calories don’t matter. After all, both groups ultimately ended up consuming fewer calories on average by the end of the study, even though they weren’t conscious of it. The point is that they did this by focusing on nutritious whole foods that satisfied their hunger.
- HiroshiSan 9y agoIt's interesting how obvious this seems now, was this ever counterintuitive or unobvious?
- jandrese 9y agoI think it comes from the desire to be scientific about the weight loss. To count the ins and outs and do the balance sheet at the end of the day. This was also pushed by companies like Weight Watchers that could sell products specifically coded with the nutritional information at a nice markup. For the most part people know how to lose weight, it's not difficult. The difficult part is keeping to a diet that is not fun and at times inconvenient for the rest of your life.
- jclardy 9y agoI think so, at least in the US in the 90's when I grew up, thanks to things like the food pyramid containing grains as the base. Companies that had sugary/carb heavy products pushed the idea that fats were what caused weight gain. So everything you bought would be "low-fat" or "reduced-fat" but still contain a ton of sugar and the same calorie count.