Limiting Food Intake

"George" <look@signature_to.reply> wrote in part:

Quoted message said:

Although more research is needed, a prudent recommendation for losing weight or maintain a healthy
weight is to be mindful of the amount of food you eat in relation to the amount of calories you
burn in a day. Exercising regularly is especially beneficial."

I believe that the context makes pretty clear that by "the amount of food you eat," they mean as
measured by calories, not by weight.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

George said:

For a frightening look at America's recent obesity epidemic see
bantransfats.comobesitymap.htmOpen ↗

There's been a lot of talk in SMC about promoting heart health through exercise and limiting food
intake rather than by focusing on type of food consumed. Harvard comes down on the side of the
2PD (though not in those words) at hsph.harvard.edufats.htmlOpen ↗ where
they say:

Most studies show that over the short term, a low-fat diet does result in weight loss. But many
diets show such benefits over the short term. On the other hand, low-fat diets appear to offer no
substantial advantages over diets with fat levels close to the national average.

Although more research is needed, a prudent recommendation for losing weight or maintain a healthy
weight is to be mindful of the amount of food you eat in relation to the amount of calories you
burn in a day. Exercising regularly is especially beneficial."

George

Thank you for the link :-)

Humbly,

Andrew

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
heartmdphd.comheartmdphd.comOpen ↗

Jim Chinnis said:

"George" <look@signature_to.reply> wrote in part:

Quoted message said:

Although more research is needed, a prudent recommendation for losing weight or maintain a
healthy weight is to be mindful of the amount of food you eat in relation to the amount of
calories you burn in a day. Exercising regularly is especially beneficial."

I believe that the context makes pretty clear that by "the amount of food you eat," they mean as
measured by calories, not by weight.

Actually, there is a clear difference between being "mindful of the amount of food you eat" and
being "mindful of the number of calories you eat."

Many are now becoming cognisant that the latter is essentially impossible.

Moreover, had the authors been thinking about food calories, they would not have started with

"Although more research is needed..."

It is research proven that when calories out is greater than calories in, that weight loss occurs.

Humbly,

Andrew

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
heartmdphd.comheartmdphd.comOpen ↗