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  • Posts: 5,138 Member
    Eating less made me un-fat, so I'll just stick with calories in vs. calories out.
  • Posts: 136 Member
    :indifferent:
  • Posts: 8,374 Member
    I won't disagree that their are chemicals out there that increase likelyhood to put on weight, but experience tells me that at the bottom of it is always eating more calories than one burns off. Sometime due to those substances the number of calories may be lower than one would expect, but even then, a change in diet lowering calories to a deficit and eating nutrient dense foods will result in weight loss.
  • Posts: 567 Member
    :indifferent:

    Agreed.
  • Posts: 609 Member
    Thanks for sharing!
  • Posts: 1,408 Member
    and another usless theory, on why we are what we are.....


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  • Posts: 1,340 Member
    That MUST be it!!! It isnt that I was downing MCdonalds, twinkies, fried chicken and cookies and soda every day and I have a metabolic disorder that was going unattended! It was the CHEMICALS!!!!!
  • Posts: 983 Member
    Short story: eat less (but unprocessed foods), move more. Seems to be working well enough for me.

    And seriously lol'd at the word 'obesogens.' /eyeroll.
  • Posts: 475 Member
    Whats making you fat is lack of self control.

    I already know why I'm Fat, Thanks though.
  • Posts: 2,344 Member
    This is an interesting article! And there has to be a reason for the rash of new diabetics, and especially the late onset of Type 1 diabetes in people. The chemicals, or the genetic manipulation, or the chemical changes we are making to our foods really does play a deeper role than most assume.
  • Posts: 1,530 Member
    While there can be chemical components to weight/fat gain, they are almost always the result of poor eating control and can be generally corrected by the slow and intentional changing of dietary habits. In the rare instance, a person truly has a problem on an organic level, but as I said, it's RARE. Even "hypothyroidism" and it's prevelance nowadays is more from sedentary lifestyles and poor eating habits than an actual genetic or organic malfunctioning of the thyroid.
  • Posts: 1,530 Member
    This is an interesting article! And there has to be a reason for the rash of new diabetics, and especially the late onset of Type 1 diabetes in people. The chemicals, or the genetic manipulation, or the chemical changes we are making to our foods really does play a deeper role than most assume.

    Late onset Type 1 diabetes is often caused by the the patient contracting a known virus that in turn generates antibodies that attack the pancreas and render it non-functioning for insulin production. The virus is a cold/flu type virus but it's side effects are distinct in this manner.
  • Posts: 764 Member
    Honestly its how big our portions have gotten and all the crap they put into convenience food that makes us crave it more like when I would eat fast food I felt like I had to have it and then I would stop for a while then give in one day and couldn't stop again. It is lack of self control and being a lazy society and lack of proper education on nutrition.
  • Overeating, convenience food, and an over-reliance on meat imo
  • Posts: 46 Member
    Excellent article. I am a big Marian Nestle fan...and I think her words make total sense.
    We know the chemicals and crap can not be possible GOOD for us. I feel comfortable about that and I don't need a study to tell me that eating whole foods made by a plant (not in a plant) is better for my diet and health.
  • Posts: 4,519 Member
    Overeating, convenience food, and an over-reliance on meat imo

    Please explain how meat makes you fat. Thanks
  • Posts: 435
    Whats making you fat is lack of self control.

    I like you.
  • Posts: 1,781 Member
    Another example of 'blame someone else for a problem I created'.
    It must be anything other than the obvious reasons.
  • Posts: 3,566 Member
    Processed, fake-sugar foods not only are calorie-dense and nutrient-poor, but they contribute to diseases that cause people to have even worse weight issues.

    Somehow medication is always the answer, eating real food never is....
  • Posts: 288
    Thanks for the link...Endocrine disrupting chemicals such as the ones mentioned "may" contribute to changes in our homeostatic hormone levels, thereby potentially causing weight gain...but for most it was probably calories in.
  • Posts: 3,566 Member

    Please explain how meat makes you fat. Thanks

    I lost fat by eating more meat and less grain (same caloric intake). So I'd love to hear an explanation for this too.
  • Posts: 435
    I said this wasn't a debate..
    So I Deleted the Link. :D
    HAve a crappy Day

    That's pretty rude. If you post a controversial theory, there's going to be a debate about it. Hell, there are debates on here about things that aren't even remotely controversial. It's really no big deal. Welcome to the internet.
  • Posts: 7,870 Member
    Overeating, convenience food, and an over-reliance on meat imo

    CRAP! I've eaten like 24 oz of chicken breast today - I am going to gain ALL MY WEIGHT BACK!!!
  • Posts: 5,138 Member
    I said this wasn't a debate..
    So I Deleted the Link. :D
    HAve a Fantastic Day.
    Lol just because you started the thread doesn't mean you can dictate how people respond to it. This is a discussion forum. We are free to discuss.
  • Posts: 5,860 Member
    Well as far as my being fat goes, I'm sticking with my impossible to disprove theory that when I sleep aliens stop time, abduct me, take me away to their space-ship and using a hypnotic control mechanism triggered by their rectal probe (ALL aliens use them, stop looking at me like that!) force me to eat McDoubles, fries and Shamrock Shakes. Then they return me to my bed smelling of McDonald's and proceed to re-start Earth time. Since I have been losing weight, I can only assume that they are being blocked from their nightly visits by either solar flares or Snooki.
  • Posts: 4,519 Member

    CRAP! I've eaten like 24 oz of chicken breast today - I am going to gain ALL MY WEIGHT BACK!!!

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  • Posts: 75 Member
    Processed, fake-sugar foods not only are calorie-dense and nutrient-poor, but they contribute to diseases that cause people to have even worse weight issues.

    Somehow medication is always the answer, eating real food never is....

    Amen.
  • Posts: 475 Member
    I dont care if Im rude.
    Never have, never Will.
  • Posts: 3,566 Member
    I said this wasn't a debate..
    So I Deleted the Link. :D
    HAve a Fantastic Day.

    I'm not sure what you expected
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