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> There's no consistent evidence of large groups of people who started reducing calories and in return lost pounds predictably. The only inconsistencies come f
by letstryagain 12y ago
> There's no consistent evidence of large groups of people who started reducing calories and in return lost pounds predictably.
The only inconsistencies come from inaccurate self reporting of caloric intake by study participants. There's been several meta-studies on this. Eating carbs/sugars is indeed a problem because of GI issues - you will feel hungry again soon after consuming sugar which makes it harder to stick to your calorie target.
- prostoalex 12y agoMedicare has commissioned a research of calorie-restricted diets back in 2007, seeing how obesity was prevalent in the society and Medicare was on the hook to pay for consequences. The full study is available (among other sources) here http://motivatedandfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Diets_dont_work.pdf http://motivatedandfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Diets_... But in a nutshell, from intro paragraph, "there is little support for the notion that diets lead to lasting weight loss or health benefits."
- DanBC 12y agoYou misrepresent the study. The paper you link to is very clear that people who diet lose weight while dieting, but gain weight when they stop dieting. We've known that for a while which is why people now talk about "lifestyle change" instead of "dieting". We know dieting is harmful.