Anyhow, back to the topic of Keto And diets Obesity and foodstuffs etc....
I watched the video, it was for me 37 mins of my life I won’t get back. Apart from some neat story telling and obfuscation, there was nothing new or revelatory and backs-up my points about not eating refined carbs. The role of insulin is well known and well documented. Nearly 20 years ago I sat through seminars on Syndrome X/Metabolic syndrome. So it’s old-hat.
Furthermore It does not dispel the statement by
@srw regarding calories in and out. The laws of thermodynamics still apply, I think if they had been broken it might have made the news - so this aspect was very misleading or unexplained.
Dr Feung is a good (if not irritating imo) presenter. He used some facts and data, always a good thing.
Now it was holocaust week last week. These were people on calorie restricted diets and they lost weight. The prisoners who built the Malay/Burma railways worked hard on restricted calorie diets and they lost weight. I would like to hear his answers.
He offered little in the way of practical solutions but maybe that’s in another lecture or book.
Many traditional societies have eaten carbohydrate-based diets without suffering from rampant obesity. In the 1970s, before the obesity epidemic, the Irish were loving their potatoes. The Asians were loving their white rice. The French were loving their bread.
Many traditional societies have eaten carbohydrate-based diets without suffering from rampant obesity. In the 1970s, before the obesity epidemic, the Irish were loving their potatoes. The Asians were loving their white rice. The French were loving their bread.
Even in America, let’s remember the 1970s. Disco was sweeping the nation. Star Wars and Jaws played to packed theatres. If you looked at an old photograph from that era, perhaps you might be amazed at several things. First, why anybody ever thought bell bottoms were cool. Second, it’s amazing just how little obesity there is. Take a look at some old high school yearbooks from the 1970s. There is virtually no obesity. Perhaps one child in a hundred.
What was the diet of the 1970s? They were eating white bread and jam. They were eating ice cream. They were eating Oreo cookies. There were not eating whole-wheat pasta. They were not eating quinoa. They were not eating kale. They were not counting calories. They were not counting net carbs. They were not even really exercising much. These people were doing everything ‘wrong’ yet, seemingly effortlessly, there was no obesity. Why?
What about the diet of the Chinese in the 1980s? They were eating tons of white rice. On average, over 300 grams per day, compared to a low carb diet of less than 50 grams and all highly refined. Yet they had virtually no obesity. Why?
What about the diet of the Okinawan? Over 80% carbohydrates, and mostly sweet potato, which has some sugar in it. What about the Irish in the 1970s, with their beloved beer and potatoes? They didn’t think twice about what they were eating, but until recently there was almost no obesity. Why?
The answer is simple. When you don’t eat, this is technically known as ‘fasting’. This is the reason there is the English word ‘break fast’ or breakfast, the meal that breaks your fast. During your sleep, you are (presumably) not eating and therefore fasting. This allows time for your body to digest the foods, process the nutrients and burn the rest for energy to power your vital organs and muscles. In order to maintain a stable weight, you must balance feeding and fasting.
During feeding, you store food energy as body fat. During fasting, you burn body fat for energy. If you balance those two, your weight will remain stable. If you are predominantly feeding, you will gain weight. If you are predominantly fasting, you will lose weight. Unfortunately, most nutritional authorities tell you the exact opposite. Instead, it may be better to use intermittent fasting to lose weight.
