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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763382/ Four diet groups, all counting calories, all lost weight, and all were on track to regain all that weight by the end of year three.

A plant-based diet in general has been demonized by the meat, dairy, and egg industries. This is why so many people on this board are overweight, unhealthy, and can't stop talking about a LCHF diet and how great it is despite the fact that they are destroying their long term health for a little weight loss, of which they…

Here is one about isolates which, ironically, are the most demonized soy product. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15798082

Those who are obese are also overweight.

Calorie counting works for losing weight, but it doesn't work for most people in keeping the weight off. Most put the weight back on when they get tired of counting or reach their goal.

[/quote] what about soy being a goitrogen [/quote] There are many goitrogens and they all have a very small effect on iodine uptake. If you have low iodine, that would be the first step to correct any thyroid issues. BTW, this is a very common issue because our farming has depleted out soil of iodine and most people are…

Gas, gas, gas. You wouldn't want to be around me after beans:) They are highly inflated. Like most guidelines, they are listed for the worse case scenario. For example, someone with an absorption problem. But that is so extremely rare, we all shouldn't be adjusting our diets to compensate for that tiny faction of the…

I can guarantee you that it is not the protein. Protein does not increase strength unless you stress the muscles over time and allow the protein to rebuild. Eating more protein simply does nothing for the muscles and is actually bad for the body because it has to excrete it. The body doesn't even like using protein for…

Yes, and cancer rates in Asian countries are much lower than in "Westernized" nations. There is so much misinformation about it that most practitioners will tell people to avoid it purely for liability reasons. However, there is zero evidence that soy increases cancer rates, and a lot of evidence to suggest it actually…

2/3's of Americans are overweight, 1/3 are Obese. I have no problem using the term "most".

That's is like saying no one with normal weight can have a heart attack. it isn't the visceral fat, it is the fat built up in the arteries and organs that is the problem.

Bottom line: Reduce body fat, cure type II diabetes.

If it works for you, then fine. I never said it couldn't. It didn't work for me and doesn't work for most people. Calorie counting is very effective at losing weight. But unless you want to do it forever, it is won't be effective at keeping it off. I have remained lean for a decade now. And don't be so sure we don't look…

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/9/2253.full

[/quote] Oh, well I guess I can put back on my 53 lbs then, cause calorie counting was all a lie [/quote] Nobody suggested that calorie counting won't work. However, it isn't the easiest way. I counted calories for a long time and would lose weight, then gain it back when I stopped counting. Now I eat as much food as I…

This isn't exactly true. First off, highly processed foods will cause an insulin spike which can increase your desire for more food. Also, you are creating a lot of free-radicals during its metabolization, and it will have little or no anti-oxidants in the food to counter the free-radicals. So, it has a much greater…

You are taking medication. Obviously you are not "Cured" because the condition is still there and it is the medication masking the symptoms. In the case of type II diabetes, the symptoms can be eliminated without any medication needed. Heart disease can be completely cured as well, but you won't hear mainstream medicine…

http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cure Herpes is a bad example because your can never get rid of one symptom which is the virus itself. The medical profession never likes to cure anything. There goal is to keep people alive and sick, because those people are a continuous stream of income. Curing people is bad for…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20820038 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19506174

You are confusing type I diabetes with type II diabetes. They are two completely different diseases. Type I diabetes is from a destruction of the islets of langerhans and stops all, or very nearly all insulin production. Type II diabetes is from a build-up of fat in the pancreas which leads to the bodies inability to…

cmc, Without knowing your height, weight, gender, and daily activity level, it is impossible to tell it that number sounds right. I am 5'10" and 190 pounds and I am very active. I need 3,000 calories a day before insanity, and an extra 1,000 after insanity. So, the numbers can vary quit a bit.

"FYI - Vegans who get their "facts" from 'nutritionfacts' (a vegan-propaganda site full of half-truths and outright misinformation) aren't interested in real science. " Everything on Nutritionfacts.org is backed up by peer-review science. "While it's true that a raw-vegan diet is *marginally* better than a SAD diet for…

"For every website you proposed, I could throw several at you that would be in disagreement. There are clear studies showing that vegans are NOT the only groups that had normal BMI. Follow that fact that there are at least five people I know that are LCHF, meat based, and have normal to just below normal BMI's. We will…

Fruit is, in general, the healthiest food you can consume. It is loaded with over 10,000 nutrients, has a low effect on your blood sugar, provides you with a very healthy ratio of fats, proteins, and carbs, and will satisfy our natural sweet-tooth. Thousands of people have completely cured themselves of type II diabetes…

Ignore protein. It is the biggest myth. A human infant will increase in size 300% on mothers milk which is around 4.5% protein by calories. You will never grow faster than this in your entire life. You don't need more protein than this. If you eat whole-foods, you will get plenty of protein. Even a 100% fruit diet will get…

It is still a toxin. Your argument is like saying that arsenic is not a toxin until it is taken in high enough quantities. The toxicity of a substance does not change the fact that it is still a toxin.

There ya go. You just learned that human waste is a toxin.

Point taken. However, this is a result of human interference and getting domesticated animals to adopt and nurse other domesticated animals.

If science isn't enough for you, then you are hopeless.

What? I don't think so. LOL