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Maybe I didn't explain myself very well, if so I am very sorry. English is obviously not my first language. The gut biome, your metabolism, sleep, exercise , a
by Pius_IX 4y ago
Maybe I didn't explain myself very well, if so I am very sorry. English is obviously not my first language.
The gut biome, your metabolism, sleep, exercise , and stress all play role.
Yep. You can't control your gut biome and your metabolism as far as I know so while interesting, those are irrelevant for most people. Everybody will tell you that no stress, sleep and exercise are great. Combine all of these if you want to live a good, healthy life - great, but you probably didn't need an article for that. But wait, there are lots of people who do all those things (Whole food, no/little stress, sleep, exercise) and still don't lose weight.
There are tons of reasons for that. Maybe they still eat way more than they should - people are horrible at estimating how many calories a meal has. Maybe they are sick, either in mind or body. Maybe they don't train as well as they think (A lot of people think that jogging for half an hour equals a whole meal, instead of one slice of bread). Maybe there is another reason out of the myriad of reasons that exist.
But this article makes it seem like the most important thing is Put the focus on food quality and healthy lifestyle practices to attain a healthy weight. By the way, here are other 'experts from reputable sources' (The same journal) who pretty much say the same thing I do:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/calorie-counting-made-easy https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/calorie-count... (Explains how to count)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/counting-on-calories https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/counting-on-c... (Describes how many you probably need)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/dont-count-calories-but-be-aware-of-them https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/dont-count-calorie... (This one says exactly what I say - they aren't the only thing that counts, but you still better are aware of them.)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/counting-calories-to-keep-your-heart-young https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/counting-calorie... (This one for whatever reason claims it keeps your heart young. I don't care enough to research that one)
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/simple-math-equals-easy-weight-loss https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/simple-math-e... (And this one is so badly written and claims the exact opposite as far as I can tell, that I very much doubt this is a 'reputable source').
Don't always believe what a single, hastily written and completely non-sourced (Not a single source/quotation in that article!!! How is that reputable??) in a weird online magazine claims. Even if the print Harvard on the top.
- mister_mister 4y ago"You can't control your gut biome and your metabolism as far as I know" that is incorrect, and shows that your level of understanding doesn't warrant the certainty of your comments about weight loss.
- Pius_IX 4y agoOh please. To quote your much loved Harvard Medical Journal (https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/do-gut-bacteria-inhibit-weight-loss https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/do-gut-bacter...): 'We are just beginning to understand the role of gut bacteria in obesity, and the science hasn't led yet to treatments that will make it easier to lose weight. However, I believe that day is coming.' And to quote it again (https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-about-metabolism https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-truth-abo...): 'How fast your metabolism works is determined mostly by your genes.' and also saying: 'But you can't entirely blame a sluggish metabolism for weight gain, says Dr. Lee. "The reality is that metabolism often plays a minor role," he says. "The greatest factors as you age are often poor diet and inactivity."'. Sure, they then list a number of ways to 'boost it', but they all come back to the exact same tune I have been talking about. Exercise and food (And apparently Green tea. Huh, a 100 cal a day isn't great but isn't horrible either). So if you know of some great way to control either of them, please link me a journal or paper, I would love to learn more.
- mister_mister 4y agoThe links to research about changing your metabolism. one google search away. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4044302/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4044302/ 2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3830935/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3830935/ 3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21311363/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21311363/ Here research on the gut biome and link with food. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950569/ 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385025/ 3. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/study-finds-gut-microbes-adapt-quickly-to-changes-in-food-preparation/ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/study-finds-g... This is what the lastest science is pointing to. We are currently in obesity epidemic, how long have we counting calories? Calories are measurement for steam engines. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and...