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> "Gregg Davis " <
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> > If I'm on a 1,700 calorie diet, for the purpose of
> > losing weight, does the composition of those calories
> > matter? If I burn 2000 calories a day, why does it
> > matter if my calorie intake is derived from fatty foods
> > or non fatty foods, won't I still lose weight because
> > I'm burning my calories than I'm taking in?
>
> Dietary fat signals the body that you are full when you
> eat. It also slows down the absorption of refined carbs,
> minimizing the insulin spike that signals your body to
> store fat and/or not use up fat. Without fat you will
> digest the carbs much faster and be hungry within a
> shorter period of time (as in when you eat chinese food)
> and your body will be flush with insulin signalling your
> body to store every available bit of food into body fat.
>
> With regards to calories, don't even bother. Restricting
> fats and calories to lose weight fails in 98% of cases.
> The calorie values as you see them on the packaging or
> from USDA tables are very inaccurate and it hasn't even
> been proven that the body will use up the stated calories
> the same way in every circumstance every time. It simply
> doesn't work in the real world.
>
> TC
The composition of foods is more important than the overall
calorie estimation/count/assumption.
TC
