What's Really Making Us Fat? Its a interesting theory

CoryIda

Trying to argue science clearly isn't going anywhere, so lets just try practical experience...

I live in America. I lived a sedentary lifestyle and ate a bunch of food (some crap, some nutritious stuff in enormous servings) - more than my body burned - I ate when I was hungry, bored, stressed out, depressed, etc.
I got really, really fat. Morbidly obese, actually.

And then I got up off my lazy butt, started eating better, and...

Amazingly enough, I'm not fat anymore. In fact, I am in pretty *fantastic* shape by any standard (BMI, Body Fat %, Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar levels, etc).
I still live in America, where the culture is all about the easy way out, but the fact is that I no longer consume more than I burn.
Yes, the vast majority of what I consume is nutritious, but not every bite. If there are obesogens in the junk food I occasionally eat, they aren't working very well.

Period.

grinch031

Trying to argue science clearly isn't going anywhere, so lets just try practical experience...

I live in America. I lived a sedentary lifestyle and ate a bunch of food (some crap, some nutritious stuff in enormous servings) - more than my body burned - I ate when I was hungry, bored, stressed out, depressed, etc.
I got really, really fat. Morbidly obese, actually.

And then I got up off my lazy butt, started eating better, and...

Amazingly enough, I'm not fat anymore. In fact, I am in pretty *fantastic* shape by any standard (BMI, Body Fat %, Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar levels, etc).
I still live in America, where the culture is all about the easy way out, but the fact is that I no longer consume more than I burn.
Yes, the vast majority of what I consume is nutritious, but not every bite. If there are obesogens in the junk food I occasionally eat, they aren't working very well.

Period.

Well I've never been sedentary, but for the past 10 years since I hit age 20 I've struggled to stay less than 20 lbs overweight. I played tennis 4 days a week for a while, ran half and full marathons, yet I could not drop those 20 lbs. All I had to do was restrict carb intake ignoring total calories, which within the context of this article might've meant removing "obesogens" and I dropped 15 lbs without effort. The last 5 is hard because I'm actually lean now. I'm not ripped but I have an athletic build with reasonable muscle definition now. It became that easy simply by removing the most processed, least natural foods in my diet.

No more binges at night all because I removed "obesogens"?

CoryIda

Trying to argue science clearly isn't going anywhere, so lets just try practical experience...

I live in America. I lived a sedentary lifestyle and ate a bunch of food (some crap, some nutritious stuff in enormous servings) - more than my body burned - I ate when I was hungry, bored, stressed out, depressed, etc.
I got really, really fat. Morbidly obese, actually.

And then I got up off my lazy butt, started eating better, and...

Amazingly enough, I'm not fat anymore. In fact, I am in pretty *fantastic* shape by any standard (BMI, Body Fat %, Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Cholesterol and Blood Sugar levels, etc).
I still live in America, where the culture is all about the easy way out, but the fact is that I no longer consume more than I burn.
Yes, the vast majority of what I consume is nutritious, but not every bite. If there are obesogens in the junk food I occasionally eat, they aren't working very well.

Period.

Well I've never been sedentary, but for the past 10 years since I hit age 20 I've struggled to stay less than 20 lbs overweight. I played tennis 4 days a week for a while, ran half and full marathons, yet I could not drop those 20 lbs. All I had to do was restrict carb intake ignoring total calories, which within the context of this article might've meant removing "obesogens" and I dropped 15 lbs without effort. The last 5 is hard because I'm actually lean now. I'm not ripped but I have an athletic build with reasonable muscle definition now. It became that easy simply by removing the most processed, least natural foods in my diet.

No more binges at night all because I removed "obesogens"?

That's just getting the most nutritional bang for your caloric buck.
You can eat one serving of chips (about 15 chips) for 150 calories, or you can eat 5 servings of baby carrots (about 65 baby carrots) for the same 150 calories. Your body not only would be significantly more satisfied with the MASSIVE amount of carrots, you would have gotten a lot of nutrients (and, to be honest, that is so much food you would probably need to be rolled away).
By removing the processed crap and replacing it with whole foods, you are giving your body more nutrients. A well-nourished body functions better.
That doesn't mean that there were crazy obesity-causing chemicals in the junk food, they just didn't nourish your body very well. That's why getting the majority of your caloric intake is good for your overall health (regardless of your weight), but candy bars don't have special "obesogens" in them that are going to make you fat again, especially if you just keep them to an occasional treat.