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This article (and the study) sort of is working from a faulty premise, which is that losing weight is a good thing. There's a lot of evidence that losing fat is
by lukeschlather 9y ago
This article (and the study) sort of is working from a faulty premise, which is that losing weight is a good thing. There's a lot of evidence that losing fat is a good thing, but if you increase your muscle mass by 10% and your fat mass by 3%, is that bad? What if you decrease your muscle mass by 5% and also decrease your fat mass by 5%?
Without accurately measuring that sort of thing, I worry most diet studies only muddle the conversation with meaningless anecdotes when it's unclear what the weight loss actually consisted of.
- bo1024 9y agoAnother common false implication is that weight loss is the "only" good thing. Cardiovascular health is important as well.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoSugar causes cardiovascular inflammation and doesn’t satiate you. A high fat, moderate protein, low carb diet (ie “ketogenic”) will cause weight loss with no exercise while increasing cardiovascular health (stick to plant material if you can versus a meat heavy diet, to keep colorectal cancer at bay). If you pick one exercise to do, lift weights, either to increase or maintain muscle mass.