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Final proof that obesity epidemic is only due to eating habits
09-13-2013, 07:53 PM
He's just thin boned
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Final proof that obesity epidemic is only due to eating habits
09-13-2013, 08:58 PM
Ya'all are missing a few things here.
There is a difference between a diet and a dietary lifestyle.
A diet is a temporary thing designed to temporarily starve your body so you lose excess weight. Anyone can eat any kind of crap or junk food at caloric deficit levels and "lose weight." Duh. This was proved long ago by concentration camps and medieval dungeons. Starvation leads to weight loss.
But no diet based on a caloric deficit can last for long. Which then leads to the temporarily restricted diet ending, and the weight returning when old dietary habits are resumed. Thus, "Yo Yo dieting."
Finally, weight is hardly the be all-end all of a healthy diet. If this guy is ONLY eating Big Mac's at McDonald's and not eating the french fries nor drinking the soda's, I'm not surprised at all that he's done so for years and not become overweight. Hell, too many people always blame the "red meat" and "greasy burgers" of fast food for the obesity epidemic, when the more influential factor IMO has more to do with the super-sizing of the soybean oil french fries and high fructose corn soda more than the hamburger itself.
But don't be surprised if he experiences health problems down the road after eating such crap for decades.
Big Mac's most likely contain MSG, soybean oil in the special sauce, as well as the refined, white flour bun made with partially hydrogenated, roundup-ready soybean oil aka margarine. A lifetime of ingesting that crap will eventually catchup to him, overweight or not.
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09-13-2013, 09:05 PM
The guy eats ONLY one or two Big Macs, six days a week. Repeat, that's ALL he eats for the day. Of course he's not overweight, you don't blow up like a balloon on a small quantity of poor quality food.
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09-14-2013, 12:18 AM
Also, much of the shit mcdonalds sells is the frys and drinks. The dude who eats only big macs eats ONLY big macs. Don't eat mcdonalds fries if you go there(or any fast food joint for that matter)
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09-14-2013, 12:29 AM
Most nutrition "experts" believe that red meat is bad and "healthy whole grains" are good. Most nutritionists are also pre-diabetic pieces of shit.
Also, Big Macs suck, way too much bread and hardly any meat. Double quarter pounders are pretty decent though.
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09-14-2013, 12:53 AM
Even healthy food is cooked in oil, which is fattening. No such thing as "good" fat. Always use cooking spray when you can.
Also, too many people don't realize how much sugar is in juice, how mayo triples the calories in a sandwich, how much butter is used in "healthy" dishes.
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09-14-2013, 02:01 AM
Quote: (09-14-2013 12:53 AM)la_mode Wrote:
Even healthy food is cooked in oil, which is fattening. No such thing as "good" fat. Always use cooking spray when you can.
Also, too many people don't realize how much sugar is in juice, how mayo triples the calories in a sandwich, how much butter is used in "healthy" dishes.
Fat is healthy, as is protein. Carbs are not essential for life and cause problems in higher doses, like diabetes, alzheimers, cancer, and obesity.
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09-14-2013, 03:02 AM
A Big Mac is high in calories from mainly the sauce and the bread. There's 3.4 ounces of (not high grade but okay quality) meat - each patty is 1.6oz. Each of those patties is 90 calories. The single slice of cheese on the Big Mac is 50 calories. That leaves roughly 240 calories for the bun, and 80 calories for the sauce; a Big Mac with sauce is 550 calories, while a Big Mac with no sauce is 470.
The biggest knock that fast food has going for it is that it's almost universally high in sodium. Other than that, you're basically talking about middling quality bread and meat, and whatever sauce goes on it. That, and the high accessorization rate of fries + caloric soda - a Big Mac by itself is only 550 calories, but tack on a medium soda (250 calories) and a medium fry (380) calories and you've more than doubled the meal's calorie content. Carbs aren't as strong in satiation terms as protein/fat combinations, so it's easier to overeat.
I actually lost a lot of weight on fast food by using it to mitigate portion size, similar to Prof. Haub. I ate pretty extensively from the dollar menu and kept track of my intake, and ended up dropping about 1.5 pounds a week.
Two Big Macs a day, while relatively expensive at $4 a pop, is 1100 calories. The man eats like a bird.
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09-14-2013, 04:22 AM
Where does it say he only eats Big Macs? The video on aol morning rush shows him eating french fries.
How certain is nutritional science about what's healthy or not over the long term anyways? The human body is so complex that you would need to test a controlled diet over decades to see its effects, which is exactly what Rosenlof did.
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09-14-2013, 04:22 AM
Everyone has a different metabolism and body makeup. Eating well is a huge piece of the puzzle but it's not everything. All you naysayers on that point take a science class. Sure, this guy is skinny, but the REAL question is, is he healthy? McDonalds doesn't serve food, it serves food products. He's eating a bit of nasty, hormone/antibiotic beef, a bunch of genetically modified soy and corn, and a shit load of chemicals daily.
And to the person who said there's no such thing as a "good" fat....hahah, read a goddamn book. You would die without fat, not to mention cholesterol. Olive oil is insanely good for you Read the ingredient list on your spray bottle of Pam or whatever shitty spray you use.
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09-14-2013, 08:00 AM
People talk about diets like its the be all end all of weight loss.
These people need to get off their sedentary asses and hit the gym. A diet will help you lose weight slowly, exercise will help give you more toned muscle.
People are lazy slobs.
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09-14-2013, 08:25 AM
it terrifies me the amount of nonsense people spew on here when it comes to diet and exercise
fats are good for you.
and butter is good for you too.
grass fed butter is really really good for you.
please read something somewhere please. please.
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09-14-2013, 09:20 AM
While it is definitely better to eat healthy* foods - both because they are healthy and have less energy density so it's harder to overeat, never forget that the only rule of weight loss or gain is this:
Calorie intake < Law of mass conservation
Unless you're a walking fission reactor, you can't produce either mass or calories out of thin air.
* among with protein, fruits and vegetables (possibly some whole grains), that does include butter and all sorts of non-hydrogenated fats, within reason of course.
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09-14-2013, 11:25 AM
People think it's ok to overdo the "good" fat, I should have rephrased. Absolutely everything has too many calories.