Eating Less Does Not Cause Long-Term Fat Loss
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Warm-Up
It’s all good if you don’t know the answers. You will get another shot at this quiz later in the lesson.
Q1
Starvation dieting increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, immune system failure, eating disorders, impaired cognitive function, chronic fatigue, and depression.
True
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
False
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
Q2
A study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that people who ate a total of 65,000 more calories over four months and lost 141 percent more weight.
True
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
False
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
True
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
False
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
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inSANE
Eating More Makes You Fat & “Eat Less” is About 1% Right
Listen
Note 1
$700M dollar Women’s Health Initiative Study. 49,000 women. 8 years. 350,400 fewer calories. Less than one pound lost…or 99% less than calorie math predicts.
Note 2
Eating less does not force the body to burn fat. It forces it to burn fewer calories. Even worse, up to 70% of the non-water weight is lost muscle.
Note 3
Want to set someone up to be fatter and sicker in the long run? Slow down her metabolism and take away her muscle tissue.
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SANE
Eating inSANE Low-Quality Food Makes You Fat & Eating More SANE Food Makes You Slim
Listen
Note 1
Starvation isn’t healthy and the laws of thermodynamics.
Note 2
Eating more inSANE edible-products causes fat gain, but that does not mean eating more SANE food does the same thing. In fact, eating more SANE food has been clinically proven to help burn fat over the long term.
Note 3
A healthy and unclogged body has all sorts of ways to deal with excess calories other than storing them as body fat.
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Quiz
Remember these? Give them one more try now that you’ve spent a few minutes going SANE.
Q1
Starvation dieting increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, immune system failure, eating disorders, impaired cognitive function, chronic fatigue, and depression.
True
Correct! Hunger isn’t healthy. Isn’t it disturbing that we need to remind ourselves of this?
False
Try again.
Q2
A study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that people who ate a total of 65,000 more calories over four months and lost 141 percent more weight.
True
Correct! To see more shocking studies where eating more lead to burning more and to dive into the detailed science behind the deadly and depressing side-effects of starvation dieting, enjoy Chapter 4 of The Calorie Myth.
False
Try again.
True
Try again.
False
Correct! Your goal isn’t to eat more calories. Your goals are to forget about calories and to enjoy eating more SANE foods. This will re-enable your brain to take in and burn off an appropriate number of calories.
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Support
The number of people keeping you accountable is your #1 predictor of long-term success.
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Celebrate
Nice job! Here’s some recommended eating and reading to help you celebrate.
Recommended Eating
Kale Booster
Recommended Reading
Recipe: Lemon Blueberry Cream Smoothie
