The best medical-journal article on diet

mahanaibu
mahanaibu Posts: 505 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Journal of the American Medical Society speaks truth to diet madness:

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1730520

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  • allshebe
    allshebe Posts: 423 Member
    It sounds to me like the "message" to take away from the article is that any "diet and exercise plan" that you can stick with long term will do the job. You have to make positive changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. Nothing very "new" in that idea - this is pretty much what I see preached on MFP. You can't follow a diet short term and get lasting changes. You have to see it as a forever change in your lifestyle. (Take in no more calories than you expend, on average, to ,maintain at whatever weight you are happiest with).
  • mahanaibu
    mahanaibu Posts: 505 Member
    It sounds to me like the "message" to take away from the article is that any "diet and exercise plan" that you can stick with long term will do the job. You have to make positive changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. Nothing very "new" in that idea - this is pretty much what I see preached on MFP. You can't follow a diet short term and get lasting changes. You have to see it as a forever change in your lifestyle. (Take in no more calories than you expend, on average, to ,maintain at whatever weight you are happiest with).
    I agree with you, except on these boards we're always seeing fights about the best way to eat and exercise to lose weight. the low-carb, eat clean, eat anything, eat more, eat less, whatever. and the medical journals do it even more than the forums. This is the first time I've seen experts say, we're not really learning anything definitive from all these studies.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    Some people, especially young people, are more motivated to be right than anything else. They would rather lecture than learn or teach. Young males are the common offenders on this site. They will come unglued at a fifty+ female for the weirdest reasons. Not enough protein, too much exercise, not enough exercise, not enough calories. It's like they think I haven't been alive for longer than them. LOL! Their diapers are still rotting in the landfill and they know it all.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,252 Member
    Some people, especially young people, are more motivated to be right than anything else. They would rather lecture than learn or teach. Young males are the common offenders on this site. They will come unglued at a fifty+ female for the weirdest reasons. Not enough protein, too much exercise, not enough exercise, not enough calories. It's like they think I haven't been alive for longer than them. LOL! Their diapers are still rotting in the landfill and they know it all.
    Funny, my take away message was quite different.
  • Meamo
    Meamo Posts: 89 Member
    a doctor i respect shared this with me a while ago. and i shared this idea with others and they were speechless. u have to do what works for u or figure out what works for you is the biggest obstacle. can i stick to this plan is the question.
  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    a doctor i respect shared this with me a while ago. and i shared this idea with others and they were speechless. u have to do what works for u or figure out what works for you is the biggest obstacle. can i stick to this plan is the question.

    Yes! You can do it! When I first started I hung out on the Success board, reading each entry and commenting on their wonderful progress. I literally wept at several. I eventually started reading other boards and found that encouraging other people helped me to stay motivated.

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