Chuckw40 Member

Let's not bring that ugliness over here, one thread is enough.

If that is the case than why do you always add this caveat "unless you have a clinical condition"? How could that possibly be important to weight loss alone? Are you saying that a person with diabetes who maintains a caloric deficit won't lose weight? That would have to be right, since you are talking "strictly in terms of…

I agree with everything you said but I am not just concerned about losing weight. I want to be healthy. I want to lower my chances for Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc. If weight loss was all that mattered I would just starve myself, results are guaranteed.

Let me remind you of what you did say since you seem to have forgotten: "it doesn't do any harm for those who don't have some sort of clinical condition. " "then you have no reason to worry about carb consumption unless you are diabetic or insulin resistant. " "If you are at a caloric deficit and do not have a clinical…

No problemo. Here's the thing, you say that if you maintain a deficit you will lose weight. But you also said that if you maintain a deficit that is too large you won't lose weight. Does this not seem confusing to you? i don't want to make you feel bad so if these questions are bothering you i will stop.

I looked at all your posts for nearly a month and I'm pretty sure I've never posted in any of those threads. Anyway, what you are saying is much different than "if you eat less calories than you burn than you will lose weight no matter what" I guess you were the wrong person to ask since you don't actually believe that.…

Are you sure because I don't remember trying to tear you apart? I am asking because I hear it all the time but then i hear people say that they couldn't lose weight until they increased their calories. If all that matters is calories in < calories out than this can't possibly be true. I mean wouldn't an excessive calorie…

Is this actually true? If so how do you explain starvation mode or plateus? There are numerous people on here who claim that they had to increase their calories in order to lose weight. How could this be?

I know this and really am trying to stop myself but I think it's the little jabs he is taking at me that bother me the most.

Changed my mind, not worth it. Oh what the hell.. First of all I know how to read, thanks for your concern. Second, I don't care if you are promoting it or not the fact is you claimed that consuming large quantities of sugar daily is perfectly fine with no negative effects. Do you admit now that that statement was wrong?

Hmm, let me think, perhaps when you said this a few minutes ago ... "The only reason why we limit sugar is to make room for food that has more micronutrients, like veggies, fruits, and whole grains. Other than that, sugar is simply a quick-absorbing carb. When diet, and preferably exercise is in check, it doesn't do any…

We aren't talking about losing weight here, we are talking about the damage that high levels of sugar can do to your health.You said that there was no problem with consuming large quantities of sugar daily and that is dead wrong. All I ask is that people do their own research before listening to anybody on this site. There…

I'm pretty sure that is not the reason most of us limit sugar... Google search of "sugar effects on body", this was only the first 4 results. http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/sugar.htm http://www.naturalnews.com/022692.html http://www.rheumatic.org/sugar.htm http://macrobiotics.co.uk/sugar.htm Seems like you…

Is it possible to have a healthy percentage of body fat if you are eating 400 grams of sugar a day? If the only goal is to lose weight then yes, any deficit will do it. In fact if that is your only concern, just stop eating altogether and you will lose loads of weight. Now if you want to lose weight and be healthy, then…

Though you can get all the carbs you will ever need from vegetables it appears from my research that our brains can work just fine without carbs at all. Our bodies can produce everything we need from fat and protein. Edit: In reference to energy that is, of course we still need vitamins and minerals to be healthy but my…

LoL, I'm sure you're right.

Here we go again... mass = density x volume Further... weight = mass x gravity Since gravity on Earth is a relative constant we can say that the density AND volume of a substance are used to determine its weight. Volume is a key part in determining the weight of a substance so you can't just ignore it. However, if we also…

This is from Marks daily apple: Poly in the Cracker? The Polyunsaturated Fats "Can you guess? Polyunsaturated fats have, yes, more than one double bond in their fatty acid chain. They tend to be liquid even when refrigerated. Their problem is they also tend to go rancid easily, particularly when heated. Yup, it sounds…

You would think something so important as the food we put into our bodies would be much clearer, ya know? I can only say that I got fat by eating too much of the following... Quarter Pounders with cheese, French Fries, Reese's cups, Little Debbies, Wendy's, Potato chips, and most of all Soda! This makes it very easy for me…

I skimmed this and will definitely read it all later but in the first few sentences it says that carbs are broken down into glucose and allowed to enter your liver, muscles, and FAT CELLS. So, as I thought, carbs do get stored as fat. :wink:

I think it is funny that you posted that link since the author is clearly saying that the study was anything but conclusive and openly mocked it.

Here is another: Taken from http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2007/04/24/5143/why-eating-too-many-carbs-makes-you-fat/ Barry Groves, PhD Apr 24, 2007 Carbs and carbs alone, not fat, increase body weight. It doesn't matter whether the carbs are from sugar, bread, fruit, or vegetables: They’re all rapidly digested and…

Here is one example: Taken from http://www.carbrotationdiet.com/carbs-make-you-fat.htm 1. Your body can store all carbs as fat when the muscles and the liver are already full of glycogen. So if you continuously eat a high carbohydrate diet this can lead to increased fat storage. Also, you can store more of your carb…

See what you are saying about carbs not getting transformed to fat goes against all the research I have been doing.

Changed it again on you :tongue:

Changing my reply because to be honest, i am no scientist so i can't be sure of any of this. i can just tell you what I believe and that is that getting a large portion of your calories from carbs is a bad thing.

Carbs are not the enemy, an abundance of them is. Most of us are not elite athletes and therefore can't use all the carbs we are ingesting. This leads to us getting fat.

What you are missing is that many people are challenging this way of thinking and believe that saturated fat is not bad for you at all. Trans fats were pushed on us by these same people claiming that they were so much more healthy than the natural alternative, saturated fat. Now they are banning the stuff left and right.…

Taken from the FDA website A Lesson in Body Chemistry "Many consumers are already aware that it's a good idea to limit saturated fat and cholesterol in their diet...but trans fat is a less familiar term. When it comes to trans fat and your body, here's how it works: * Like saturated fat and cholesterol, trans fat raises…

That is fair enough. Part of the issue here is that "caveman,paleo,primal" get thrown around too much. I think most of us that are "paleo" subscribe to low carb on the basis that you get all your carbs from fruits and veggies. I also believe that most people know that processed foods are probably not the best thing for our…