The Women's Health Initiative was the most ambitious,
important weight loss study ever done.
Not exact matches
There are numerous
studies that show that not only
weight loss can be achieved but also some
important health benefits when using intermittent fasting as a means to lose
weight.
Sharing the triumphs and tribulations of your
weight loss journey with other members of an online virtual support community plays an
important role in achieving success, according to a new
study from the University of California, Irvine.
«We don't know whether people with diabetes will have the same response to this type of progressive
weight loss, so it will be
important in the future to repeat this type of
study in people who have type 2 diabetes,» he said.
Studies have shown that people who eat many smaller meals throughout the day tend to lose
weight faster, maintain
weight loss longer and even increase protein synthesis, and this is very
important for bodybuilders.
«It seems that developing stable, repeatable behaviors related to food intake and
weight loss early on in a
weight - control program is really
important for maintaining changes over the long term,» said
study lead author Emily Feig.
Crowding out is a concept that I learned while
studying to be a health coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and it's an
important concept to understand for
weight loss and
weight management purposes as well.
This last point is why protein is so
important during
weight loss,
studies have continually shown that high protein levels during a calorie deficit diet can protect lean mass while fat is reduced (23).
Weight loss is an
important factor for PCOS as we see in
study after
study.
An
important caveat here is that this was not designed as a
weight loss study.
There are numerous
studies that show that not only
weight loss can be achieved but also some
important health benefits when using intermittent fasting as a means to lose
weight.
At the University of Pittsburgh, they found that 15 different
studies all show
important associations with dietary self - monitoring and
weight -
loss.
Additionally, it's
important to note that the women in the above - mentioned
study were also put on a special diet and exercise plan - it was not the drug alone that contributed to any
weight loss in those women with PCOS.
Numerous
studies have linked sleep
loss with
weight gain, as sleep duration may be an
important regulator of body
weight and metabolism.
Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective
weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less
important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum
studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more
weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased
weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several
studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent
study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved
weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.
If we wrap up most of these and others
studies, we can end by saying that an increased meal frequency does not seem to have any
important effect on the thermic effect of food,
weight loss, or
weight gain.
Plus there are some
studies specific to PCOS which also indicate that protein intake is
important for
weight loss like this recent
study published in The American Society for Nutrition
[4] A new
study in the February issue of Cell Metabolism suggests that in regards to
weight loss, lifting
weights may be just as
important as running on the treadmill.
However one
important factor which was not addressed by the
study was the risks associated with the
weight loss surgery.