ZOMG! Dr. Oz

PaleoPath4Lyfe

I happened to watch it today too, usually I don't, and I liked this part but then he went on to "bust another myth"; this one about being more prone to gain weight when eating at night. He said it's true. He compared 1400 cal eaten in daytime vs nighttime and said people retain more of these same cals at night... He had 2 women who work the nightshift at the ER, getting up at 5PM and being up unti morning. He basically advised them to reverse the size of their meals, with the biggest one being when they get up, a medium one mid-day (mid-night) and smallest one being their dinner. I think it might be a good concept, but is the myth really true? :huh:

In this context with these ladies working night shift, it takes a toll on the human body and it kind of makes sense for them to eat the opposite of what most people that work day shift would eat.

They are basically eating in reverse than most of us eat. Working night shift really throws off the metabolism and hormones in the body because you are forcing it to work the opposite of the natural circadian rhythm.

I can see where he is coming from. I have read other articles and a couple of studies of people that work night shift and what it does to the human body.

aribugg

I happened to watch it today too, usually I don't, and I liked this part but then he went on to "bust another myth"; this one about being more prone to gain weight when eating at night. He said it's true. He compared 1400 cal eaten in daytime vs nighttime and said people retain more of these same cals at night... He had 2 women who work the nightshift at the ER, getting up at 5PM and being up unti morning. He basically advised them to reverse the size of their meals, with the biggest one being when they get up, a medium one mid-day (mid-night) and smallest one being their dinner. I think it might be a good concept, but is the myth really true? :huh:

In my experience, it is true. I went through a phase when i was younger where i got into a habit of having a snack right before bed. it was never anything really big or bad, it was often just a piece of bread. i lived a moderately active lifestyle, and didn't eat poorly regularly, but i was gaining weight. I think it has a lot to do with the individual though. your body slows down while you sleep, but if you're someone who has a pretty good metabolism it probably won't effect you much.

Hornsby

I happened to watch it today too, usually I don't, and I liked this part but then he went on to "bust another myth"; this one about being more prone to gain weight when eating at night. He said it's true. He compared 1400 cal eaten in daytime vs nighttime and said people retain more of these same cals at night... He had 2 women who work the nightshift at the ER, getting up at 5PM and being up unti morning. He basically advised them to reverse the size of their meals, with the biggest one being when they get up, a medium one mid-day (mid-night) and smallest one being their dinner. I think it might be a good concept, but is the myth really true? :huh:

In my experience, it is true. I went through a phase when i was younger where i got into a habit of having a snack right before bed. it was never anything really big or bad, it was often just a piece of bread. i lived a moderately active lifestyle, and didn't eat poorly regularly, but i was gaining weight. I think it has a lot to do with the individual though. your body slows down while you sleep, but if you're someone who has a pretty good metabolism it probably won't effect you much.

So you are essentially saying that your metabolism slowed down so much that it couldn't burn off the calories of a small snack during 8 hours of sleep? And that was your reason for weight gain?

craftywitch_63

Okay first off don't judge me. I normally don't watch this show but i was intrigued by todays topic since all my friends eat up everything this man says.

So anyways today he is talking about diets and the last segment was on this lady who was eating 1000-1200 calories a day and not losing weight. He basically told her she was stuck because she's not feeding her body enough. And gave a comparison between a "normal diet" where you eat more and lose more from fat and conserve muscle, and an extreme diet where you lose small amounts of fat and muscle at the same time but at a slower rate.

Now please don't jump down my throat. I'm not bashing the show, and i'm not bashing the people that eat 1000-1200 calories a day. I am simply shining light on some information that is coming from a popular source, in hopes that it might help people that are confused as to how much they should eat if they feel like a low calorie diet isn't working anymore or wont work for them to begin with.

:flowerforyou:

That's actually a pretty decent statement by him. I am surprised he didn't try to sell her some magic pill.

What he said.

handyrunner

Dr. OZ probably does have good intentions...but he also has a whole industry that wants to get paid..so he will tow the line or they find someone else

littlekitty3

Dr. Oz has good intentions, but he's going into sellout mode and just silly things to keep an audience.

Check out eatmore2weighless.com on this subject.