Second in a series of videos on the subject. This one examines the question, “Does dieting work?” and goes on to describe an approach to adopting a lifestyle change that can attain and maintain a healthy weight.
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Healthy Eating #2
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Most people (98%) …
Most people (98%) who lose weight will put it back on again – they “yo-yo” their weight. That’s considered extremely unhealthy, worse than just being overweight, by most doctors. There is no “safe” rate at which to yo-yo your weight.
For people who change lifestyles, weight loss should be more gradual and more permanent.
If you lose more than a half-pound in a week, on average, you’re not changing lifestyles. You’re dieting. It’s not healthy.
I don’t know if you …
I don’t know if you still respond to these video comments at all or not, but you quoted saying that losing more than 1LB a week is not good. Is that just if you’re eating healthier? Or does that include say…you were eating healthier foods and added exercise into your life style?
Funny thing about a …
Funny thing about a lifestyle change. It’s not a big decision. It’s a lot of wee little decisions.
Just begin swapping out unhealthy foods and habits and substituting healthier ones. How far you take it or how fast you go is entirely up to you.
I’m not suggesting everyone should train for marathons or join a native tribe in the Amazon Basin to meet their dietary needs. But you know that industrial foods that will cut short your life. Put your intelligence to work. You’ll be glad you did.
I am inspired. I …
I am inspired. I know all this stuff, but I haven’t got the courage to undertake the permanent lifestyle change! Right now I am working on eliminating caffeine, cold turkey. But I’m unhappy with doing nothing. What a miserable place to be! Thanks for the video.
It might not be …
It might not be good at all.
Unfortunately, it’s just a single example of the ways industrial chemicals can enter our bodies. Such chemicals are ubiquitous – and our understanding of what they are doing in our bodies is very weak.
We have invented industrialization; now, we probably could not sustain our numbers without it. But we haven’t learned to do it well or safely.
That is very …
That is very interesting, I never knew that. I worked at a McDonalds for brief periods of time and in one occasion I worked the overnight shift. When it got to breakfast time I would sometimes make the breakfast burritos which required wrapping and storing them in the fridge until someone ordered some. Then, they would be taken and heated up in a microwave. After reading this, I have to think that microwaving them in the wrapper cannot be good.
I have, indeed, and …
I have, indeed, and it’s a good film.
Recently it was in the news that the wrappers used on fast food by companies, such as Burger King and McDonalds, contains chemicals called diPAPs which make the inside of the wrappers “slippery” and water-resistant. There is now evidence that the chemicals are being transported into humans.
The health implications aren’t known. But there are reasons to be concerned which I won’t get into here. You can Google it.
Another reason to be wary of fast food.
Urgelt, have you …
Urgelt, have you watched Supersize Me? You would love that film, it’s quite informative regarding the obesity epidemic in America. Good video by the way.
With friends like …
With friends like that, who needs enemies? I’m glad you were wise enough to see through his bad advice.
I agree that you …
I agree that you cannot go too far below your caloric range. I found that I should intake 1400-1600 per day. My ex bf would tell me that I could below 1200 and I said that it’s not healthy. Good thing I didn’t listen to the jerk. People need to eat and get the proper nutrients or the body will start to store fat when it thinks it is being starved.
Thank you for your …
Thank you for your oversite you are very healpful and informative in your video’s. People like yourself are a positive for you tube. There is another guy out there called TreeClimbingMan who mocks people like yourself and is the reason why you tube is going down the tubes.
That’s not likely. …
That’s not likely. I am enjoying all the female attention I am getting!
There is no …
There is no question that choosing healthy foods is a huge advantage in the battle for health. You’ve made a wise decision; I salute you.
Now if you can avoid a rebound within 2-5 years, you’ll have really achieved something.
In February I …
In February I decided that I did not enjoy being 215 pounds (at 5′”9″). There are many things that I decided I would not eat again and some only very occasionally.
In 5 months I lost 40 pounds (only by cutting out unhealthy foods) and now weigh 175. I have not felt better in years.
you’re inspiring.
you’re inspiring.
i don’t think using …
i don’t think using drugs for dieting is a good idea at all and i don’t really get why the medical profession use old measuring techniques such as the BMI and height and weight to calulate one’s calorie needs, it’s best to use the up to date techniques calulating ur BMR by getting ur weight in kg times 25, then decide how active u are from there and add more calories onto that
A low GI/Alkaline …
A low GI/Alkaline diet is the best.
Great videos.
He is so right, if …
He is so right, if you meet your nutritional needs – and avoid things like monosodiuim glutamate, aspartame and other excipients -
you won’t be hungry.
Noted, it’s not a …
Noted, it’s not a drug.
It’s beans.
Including legumes in diet is wise… wiser by far than consuming a highly-processed nutritional supplement derived from beans, I suspect.
Lots of short term …
Lots of short term diets are effective in the short term. It doesn’t last. Peer-reviewed studies show 98% of dieters fail in the 2-10 year window.
Carb blocking drugs are dangerous. Don’t ever use them without consulting a good doctor.
Most welcome!
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Most welcome!
Please let me steer you to PsycheTruth’s videos. He produced two very recently about ADHD that I consider valuable summaries of what is known about the disorder, its link to nutrition, and drug treatment efficacy (or lack thereof).
I’m a teacher in …
I’m a teacher in the UK working with students with challenging behaviour. In my five years of teaching, I have noticed a DIRECT link between sugar intake and extreme behaviour in teenagers.
I’m working my way through your healthy eating videos [I have just watched number 8] and I intend to use a lot of what you have said in my Healthy Living classes. Thank you for these very informative and well presented lectures.
I did a bit of …
I did a bit of instructing from time to time during my career, but I was never a professional teacher.
I’m an amateur in everything I do on YouTube, like most of us here.
What an interesting …
What an interesting lecture! I find your voice very relaxing and easy to listen to. Were you ever a teacher?
I’m happy you enjoy …
I’m happy you enjoy them, Liz, and you’re most welcome.