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bigluv · 08-21-2012, 02:30 PM

Diet misinformation is rampant everywhere.

1) Calories in vs calories out. This is about half true.
Your body is an engine, and just like anything it can be efficient or it can be inefficient. For example, it's fairly well accepted now that bacteria in the gut can make up about a 10% difference in calorie intake. I'll say that again. Gut bacteria differs, and it can change over a persons lifetime, and in particular it correlates with weight as well. So the skinny person can get about a 10% caloric "bonus" to stay skinny.

As well, certain food products contribute to inefficiency in the gut. This I know less about, but if I recall correctly the example was proteins or fats in milk can bind with other nutrients so they were not digested. I've seen a couple of different webmd articles on this so this is a little more arguable. There's also some talk about vitamin D and OTHER mechanisms around milk so it can be a little confusing.

Another nail in the coffin of calories in vs calories out is metabolism. Current thinking demonstrated (with mice, mind you) that :

Mice restricted to eating within an 8 hour period REGARDLESS OF QUALITY AND CONTENT weighed 28 % less although they ate the same calories and the same high-fat food than their free-feeding brethren who did show adverse health effects such as high blood glucose, liver damage, and diminished motor control. The time restrictied mice also outperformed ad lib eaters and those on a 'normal' diet when given an exercise test.
[Salk institute for biological studies]

In a separate study, mice were caused to gain weight simply by shining a dim light (the scaled size of a tv screen if memory serves) while they were sleeping.

Ok, so now that we've basically proven that every dietician and magazine writer and news anchor doesn't have the full story, anyone can begin to try to sort out the wheat and chaff and realize that modern food is killing you and so called common knowledge is finishing the job.

EDIT: Sorry, I realized that not everyone will be able to make the logical leap here. Once you accept that calories in and calories out CAN be variable with same actual intake, that opens the door to understanding that the content of what one eats can also make a difference. And not the old 'fat makes you fat' malarkey either. Insulin makes you fat. I'll leave the rest to the reader.

08-21-2012, 02:30 PM
bigluv Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 850	Diet misinformation is rampant everywhere. 1) Calories in vs calories out. This is about half true. Your body is an engine, and just like anything it can be efficient or it can be inefficient. For example, it's fairly well accepted now that bacteria in the gut can make up about a 10% difference in calorie intake. I'll say that again. Gut bacteria differs, and it can change over a persons lifetime, and in particular it correlates with weight as well. So the skinny person can get about a 10% caloric "bonus" to stay skinny. As well, certain food products contribute to inefficiency in the gut. This I know less about, but if I recall correctly the example was proteins or fats in milk can bind with other nutrients so they were not digested. I've seen a couple of different webmd articles on this so this is a little more arguable. There's also some talk about vitamin D and OTHER mechanisms around milk so it can be a little confusing. Another nail in the coffin of calories in vs calories out is metabolism. Current thinking demonstrated (with mice, mind you) that : Mice restricted to eating within an 8 hour period REGARDLESS OF QUALITY AND CONTENT weighed 28 % less although they ate the same calories and the same high-fat food than their free-feeding brethren who did show adverse health effects such as high blood glucose, liver damage, and diminished motor control. The time restrictied mice also outperformed ad lib eaters and those on a 'normal' diet when given an exercise test. [Salk institute for biological studies] In a separate study, mice were caused to gain weight simply by shining a dim light (the scaled size of a tv screen if memory serves) while they were sleeping. Ok, so now that we've basically proven that every dietician and magazine writer and news anchor doesn't have the full story, anyone can begin to try to sort out the wheat and chaff and realize that modern food is killing you and so called common knowledge is finishing the job. EDIT: Sorry, I realized that not everyone will be able to make the logical leap here. Once you accept that calories in and calories out CAN be variable with same actual intake, that opens the door to understanding that the content of what one eats can also make a difference. And not the old 'fat makes you fat' malarkey either. Insulin makes you fat. I'll leave the rest to the reader. Last edited by bigluv; 08-21-2012 at 02:39 PM..