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[KimchiNinja]

A Korean doctor told me "Americans have a weird and inaccurate nutrition knowledge".

I agreed, Americans have all these goofy scientific theories and scientists are treaded like gods. But they change their goofy theories every year...because the scientists are owned by corporations and there is a new product to sell every year.

Basically ignore everything that comes out of the USA on nutrition. Listen to people from countries where people are healthy. What works works. Screw the scientists.

[NilesQ]

Sugar, flour, and wheat are foods that create cravings in many people. The elimination of these 3 ingredients can prompt rapid fat loss and a return to normal size even in morbidly obese people.

I have been attending a 12 step program called Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous. Their basic concept is that food addiction is an allergy to flour and sugar that sets up an uncontrolable craving to eat more. Eliminate these things from your diet, follow a food plan, and weigh and measure your food. These are the keys to freedom from compulsive eating.

Not everyone is a food addict, but most severely overweight people probably qualify. It is not uncomon to see people lose 100 + pounds by doing this, often in as little as 8 months. The food plan provides a lot of food, but it is all meat, vegetables, beans, fruit, and natural unprocessed foods with no refined sugar or flour.

It appears similar to the Paleo diet in terms of the types of food eaten. Eat natural foods as close to their natural state as possible.

[KimchiNinja]

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[some waygug-in]

Here's a web-site some of you might be interested in:

http://www.fatwars.com/faq.html

I read Brad King's book and it answered a lot of questions.

Cheers

In answer to Edwardcatflap's question I am posting this excerpt

from the site.


Question:
I am trying to calculate calories as per Fat Wars pages 182 to 187 (Cdn Edition). I have determined my body fat is 20 percent. (Height between 5 feet 11 inches & 6 feet, weight 205 to 210 lbs.) I subtract 20 from my weight of 205 lbs and get the result 185. I exercise more than 3 times per week so I multiply 185 X 1.15 = 212 grams of protein/day. This translates to 850 calories of protein/day. Since fat calories equals protein calories, 850 calories of fat/day. To calculate carbo calories (212 X 1.3) = 275 grams of carbos/day. Each gram contains 4 calories so we get 1100 carbo calories/day. This totals 2800 calories per day.
My question is: Is this not too high?? I thought a normal intake of calories was between 1500 and 2500 calories.

Answer:
I appreciate your concern regarding your daily-allotted calories. There is no �set normal� range for caloric needs as everyone is biochemically unique. In your particular situation, if you are indeed at a 20% body fat percentage then your calculations are correct. many people tend to panic due to the belief that you must consume a greatly decreased caloric intake to see fat loss. This assumption is however incorrect. In order to feed your lean body mass and increase your metabolic rate, you must supply enough high quality protein to your muscle cells (which is why I have you calculate your protein needs based on lean body mass first).
If you are overly concerned about your caloric value, then feel free to lower it to 2500 calories and see how you do at that value. The last thing you want to do is cause your metabolic rate to adjust in a downward fashion. This is exactly what low-calorie diets induce. What you are trying to accomplish with Fat Wars, is to increase your overall metabolic rate by allowing enough calories to nourish your body all the while utilizing any excess calories through the exercise portion of the program. This way you insure lifelong fat loss success.

Please keep me informed on your progress.

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[12ax7]

Nothing to do with vanity for me, though. It's all about the endorphin rush I get after I've achieved "the pump", as Ah-nold would have said. That's why I've never felt the urge to destroy my liver with horse pills.

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