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well..then obesity should be easily solved. if its a hormone problem, then why are we looking at diets rather than administering hormone therapies? testosteron

well..then obesity should be easily solved. if its a hormone problem, then why are we looking at diets rather than administering hormone therapies? testosterone could be an umbrella weight loss strategy. except there is the aggression part. ok. now what? the only logical solution is calorie restriction. rather than diets or hormones. and its easy. dont eat too much. we didnt evolve to where we are by eating three square meals a day. we ate little and often starved in between while hunting and foraging. and likely had a lot of adrenaline coursing through our bodies. never has there been an obese caveman. but they didnt have butter either. we likely subsisted on berries and fruits and wild edible. i want to throw in mushrooms or hallucinogens and some version of the good herb..and a small amount of meat and fish.

bloqs 6y ago
The amount of intellectual acrobatics that occurs in this area is troubling. Poor diet due to financial and educational restriction will affect gut bacteria and other things that contribute to appetite. This can be difficult to shift in later life, but is not impossible thanks to healthy alternatives. Lack of consistent rigorous exercise will ensure that you stay fat regardless. Calories in vs calories out makes the difference.
brazzy 6y ago
> and its easy. dont eat too much. No, it's not easy. It's extremely hard for most people, that is the whole point of the article. > we didnt evolve to where we are by eating three square meals a day. we ate little and often starved in between while hunting and foraging. Yes, and that is exactly the reason why we evolved to eat as much as we can when there is lots of food available, so we'll survive the starvation when there isn't. Our evolutionary programming compels us (via hormones) to be obese. > never has there been an obese caveman. Absolutely wrong: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22001136/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22001136/
watwut 6y ago
> dont eat too much. It is very easy to diet yourself to malfunction. Contemporary debate about diet focuses almost exclusively on aesthetic. But equally or more important is that if you dont eat enough, you wont perform in work due to tiredness and difficulty to focus. You will loose attention while driving. You will have crappy mood, treating everyone around badly. You will build anemia or whatever and you wont be able to walk fast, do any activity that requires physical movement. Your calorie output will go super down, because you will be constantly tired. > we didnt evolve to where we are by eating three square meals a day. we ate little and often starved in between while hunting and foraging. and likely had a lot of adrenaline coursing through our bodies. First, obviously, those groups had males, females and children. Not everyone was hunting, because that is literally impossible. Second, the lifespan of those people was shorter then ours. They died younger, oftentimes from diseases that had to do with malnutrition of one kind or another. We already fixed whole range of grave diseases that had to do with lack of nutrients in food.
watt 6y ago
It's easy if your hormones are in balance. Thin people don't go snacking all the time, it's the chubby folks who do that. For example, if your cortosol (the "stress" hormone) is high, you will be craving snacks. The moment it's back to normal (you don't have stress) you can sit around and not want snacks. As other posters said, it is extremely hard to avoid snacking when your body craves them. It is extremely easy to not snack, when your body does not want them. Stop throwing around this "easily" "its easy" around. If it were easy, we would not have this conversation.
jelliclesfarm 6y ago
Please re read my comment above as a response to the main article of this post.

bloqs 6y ago

The amount of intellectual acrobatics that occurs in this area is troubling. Poor diet due to financial and educational restriction will affect gut bacteria and other things that contribute to appetite. This can be difficult to shift in later life, but is not impossible thanks to healthy alternatives. Lack of consistent rigorous exercise will ensure that you stay fat regardless. Calories in vs calories out makes the difference.

brazzy 6y ago

> and its easy. dont eat too much. No, it's not easy. It's extremely hard for most people, that is the whole point of the article. > we didnt evolve to where we are by eating three square meals a day. we ate little and often starved in between while hunting and foraging. Yes, and that is exactly the reason why we evolved to eat as much as we can when there is lots of food available, so we'll survive the starvation when there isn't. Our evolutionary programming compels us (via hormones) to be obese. > never has there been an obese caveman. Absolutely wrong: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22001136/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22001136/

watwut 6y ago

> dont eat too much. It is very easy to diet yourself to malfunction. Contemporary debate about diet focuses almost exclusively on aesthetic. But equally or more important is that if you dont eat enough, you wont perform in work due to tiredness and difficulty to focus. You will loose attention while driving. You will have crappy mood, treating everyone around badly. You will build anemia or whatever and you wont be able to walk fast, do any activity that requires physical movement. Your calorie output will go super down, because you will be constantly tired. > we didnt evolve to where we are by eating three square meals a day. we ate little and often starved in between while hunting and foraging. and likely had a lot of adrenaline coursing through our bodies. First, obviously, those groups had males, females and children. Not everyone was hunting, because that is literally impossible. Second, the lifespan of those people was shorter then ours. They died younger, oftentimes from diseases that had to do with malnutrition of one kind or another. We already fixed whole range of grave diseases that had to do with lack of nutrients in food.

watt 6y ago

It's easy if your hormones are in balance. Thin people don't go snacking all the time, it's the chubby folks who do that. For example, if your cortosol (the "stress" hormone) is high, you will be craving snacks. The moment it's back to normal (you don't have stress) you can sit around and not want snacks. As other posters said, it is extremely hard to avoid snacking when your body craves them. It is extremely easy to not snack, when your body does not want them. Stop throwing around this "easily" "its easy" around. If it were easy, we would not have this conversation.

jelliclesfarm 6y ago

Please re read my comment above as a response to the main article of this post.