Look to most of rural Asia and Africa. I think you'll find it's much harder to find examples of cultures with a low-carb diet that have lows rates of obesity than the reverse. For every blubber munching eskimo tribe there's scores of other cultures who east mostly plants and a little dairy / meat when they can get it.
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Look to most of rural Asia and Africa. I think you'll find it's much harder to find examples of cultures with a low-carb diet that have lows rates of obesity than the reverse. For every blubber munching eskimo tribe there's scores of other cultures who east mostly plants and a little dairy / meat when they can get it.
The vast majority of people are disconnected from their food; they don't know where it comes from and how it is made. I said this in another thread but watch Jamie Oliver's School Dinners.. some of these kids don't even know what a fucking carrot is. What hope do they have? Not much.
Ok, it's 3AM here, so I'm not gonna write out a full reply to your reply (I'll do it tomorrow) but one other way to lose weight that a lot of people don't know, is to eat your food at a table. If you eat in front of the TV, your eyes are on the TV, and you don't pay as much attention to how much you're eating. Looking at what you're eating will make you feel full much quicker.
2 things: ephedra and intermittent fasting. Essentially you fast 2-3 times a week (skip 2 meals in a row + sleep, so breakfast and then don't eat anything until the next day). Your stomach will physically shrink so you won't overeat on your regular days. Take ephedra because most people don't have the self control to make it happen.
If you have to even think about taking ephedra to lose weight you're a fucking loser and should just kill yourself now and help clean up the gene pool.
Can testify that this method works. No real downsides; scientifically proven that fasting really doesn't have much downsides to health, humans are meant to binge-fast in the wild since they are hunter gatherers.
Of course there are downsides to fasting. Are you mentally retarded? It has been scientifically proven beyond any shadow of a dobut that eating several small meals throughout the day is healthier in all respects than fasting and binging.
Actually if you're just talking about weight loss, it pretty much is.
Check this out:
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds - CNN.com
It's been proven by quite a few people that you can eat whatever you want and as long as you're eating fewer calories than you're burning, you'll lose weight.
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This has to be one of the stupidest things I've read on WF. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, do you?
I'm still a teenager, so I need not give fucks about sugar content (And there's only about 10g in the Special K I eat). I just finished a bowl of it after doing P90X and my Insanity DVDs... So you're saying I'm going to get fat? Losing weight isn't hard. Just gain muscle and do a mix of cardio/resistance training.
What you need to eat to gain muscle and maintain a healthy lifestyle:
Fats/Carbs/Protein in a 20/40/40 ratio. I've lost about 8 pounds last month (and I've gained a lot of muscle) after a winter of stuffing myself during the holidays and I've been eating Special K all throughout that. Maybe it's because I'm younger, but all you really need to do is exercise and eat right.
Special K tastes great, contains a lot of fiber and carbs, and is made from real fruit (despite misconceptions by people).
Eat 5-6 small meals a day, or 3 full meals with 2 snacks (I like peanut butter/Nutella and Whole Wheat Bread) -- Eat leafy green vegetables, fish, nuts (almonds and peanuts), chicken, fruit, and whey protein, while staying away from soda and candy. And most importantly, drink lots of water.
EDIT: My friend (jeffrey on here) is a health-freak, and a personal trainer irl. He told me abs are made in the kitchen, and that the key to ultimate abs and muscle is related to this ratio:
60% Diet
30% Exercise
10% Genetics and Daily habits
The secret is to burn more calories than you consume. Amazing huh?
But really, I've met so many people (almost always women) who go on these absurd special diets or whatever. They're forever counting 'weight watchers points' or refusing to eat any carbohydrates blah blah blah.
As far as I'm concerned all you really need to do is exercise. How many overweight people do you know who exercise 3-4 times a week? I've never met one.
However I often go to the gym and see some obese person walking slowly along on the tread mill, or going real half arsed on the rowing machine, whilst at the same time they have a lucozade in their hand thus consuming more calories than they are burning.
But why even go to the gym just to use the treadmill? If you're obese you're exercise options are limited anyway. Just start off walking a mile or two everyday, you'll find the pounds fly off.
But really, I've met so many people (almost always women) who go on these absurd special diets or whatever. They're forever counting 'weight watchers points' or refusing to eat any carbohydrates blah blah blah.
As far as I'm concerned all you really need to do is exercise. How many overweight people do you know who exercise 3-4 times a week? I've never met one.
However I often go to the gym and see some obese person walking slowly along on the tread mill, or going real half arsed on the rowing machine, whilst at the same time they have a lucozade in their hand thus consuming more calories than they are burning.
But why even go to the gym just to use the treadmill? If you're obese you're exercise options are limited anyway. Just start off walking a mile or two everyday, you'll find the pounds fly off.