{"id":323098,"date":"2020-05-18T06:04:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323098"},"modified":"2020-05-18T06:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T20:04:10","slug":"bogus-nutritional-claims-and-keeping-the-weight-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bogus-nutritional-claims-and-keeping-the-weight-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogus nutritional claims  and keeping the weight off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n  \t<strong> \u2014Albert Einstein<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re seeing a lot of quackery on so many fronts amid this COVID-19 nightmare. Speaking authoritatively on a subject matter we fully don\u2019t understand, yet it is pretty ballsy if you ask me.<\/p>\n<p>I consider myself to be exceptional in my practice. I\u2019ve been doing this for seven years. But there\u2019s still a lot I don\u2019t know about. There are a number of claims that are still largely based on theory and anecdote. Therefore, you\u2019ll have to forgive me when I raise an eyebrow on assertions that have no shred of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>On second thought, what do I know? Take someone else\u2019s word on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: I don\u2019t know who or what to believe anymore. There\u2019s so much conflicting information.<\/p>\n<p>A:<\/strong> Yes. Unfortunately, there is. Skipping breakfast, not eating past a certain time, the elimination of an entire food group, you\u2019ll find a study promoting any of these tactics. Adopting these overly rigid behaviors, in my opinion, is not exactly the thread you want to pull on as it typically leads to a binge eating relapse. I\u2019m not saying they have zero utility, but I\u2019ve said before the initial positive response doesn\u2019t mean that any of those tactics are the causative factor for it.<\/p>\n<p>Remember: it\u2019s always been about moving more and controlling your intake because, fundamentally, that\u2019s what all diets prompt you to do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: I came across this video on YouTube claiming calories in, calories out doesn\u2019t work. And, that most people end up gaining all their weight back. Why is that?<\/p>\n<p>A:<\/strong> Look, diets work. How most people go about it doesn\u2019t. The main reason why a large percentage have difficulty keeping the weight off is simply because they stop moving. Their level of activity drops dramatically, and studies have shown one of the best ways to attenuate weight gain post-diet or post-challenge is to keep a reasonably high physical activity level. Taking a break from dieting is perfectly fine. You still got to keep one hand on the steering wheel, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":322487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-323098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}