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Honestly, you are just burning a bunch of done-to-death straw men. (esp. the common "only thing" vs. "most important") Obviously the effects will be different.
by MDS100 14y ago
Honestly, you are just burning a bunch of done-to-death straw men. (esp. the common "only thing" vs. "most important")
Obviously the effects will be different.
But the first and most important (!) factor for body composition and fatness is still caloric balance. As confirmed by a vast amount of experimental data in real humans under controlled conditions. Which is Jacques Point.
Macronutrients (as well as micronutrients) do have very significant consequences (Leptin, Insulin blabla.). But that won't help at all if caloric intake/output don't match your goal. It seems you read some of that nonsense Gary Taubes & co perpetuate?
Source: I'm a med student & fitness professional, who also writes fitness books. And gets results.
- gtt 14y ago>>As confirmed by a vast amount of experimental data in real humans under controlled conditions. Could you please cite an actual studies?
- jacques_chester 14y agoThe big kahuna was the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. They starved their subjects. For months. Spoiler alert: all subjects lost weight. (bonus lulz, they lost weight on a high-carb diet) Otherwise, have fun reading up on "metabolic wards" and "supervised fasts" on PubMed.
- fingerprinter 14y agoExcept they aren't strawmen, those are his actual arguments: the only thing that matters is net calories. Overall calories matter as a piece in the puzzle, and if he said that or even said they are the foundation, he would be right. he didn't. He said only thing that matters is net calorie intake. You said 'most important'. Congrats! You aren't building strawmen. And that is KNOWN to not be the case. There are many other elements at play. You as a fitness professional would know this. The type of workout, the type and timing of cardio (if any), the macronutrient ratios inline with your goals. As I said, if the only thing you care about is 'not being a fatass' and the number on the scale is end-all-be-all, calories are probably fine. Though, if you want some size, or definition, or abs, or performance, or any number of other things, calories don't tell the whole story.
- MDS100 14y ago"All the matters is: can you impose a long term deficit? Whether by paleo, keto or any other dietary method, the sole long term determinant of average body mass is net caloric balance." Average body mass (!), not body composition etc. You need to actually read his assertion. He is completely right.