Not exact matches
These apparently evolved not to store but to burn energy — quickly, as a way
of generating heat and keeping the body warm in cold conditions, as well as possibly to get rid
of excess caloric intake.
If you have a lot
of excess fat, it's highly recommendable to eat less than your body uses, i.e. create a
caloric deficit.
Cutting out
excess sugar, fat, and processed foods in your diet along with eating at a
caloric defect is a completely sustainable and healthy way to eat, and I've maintained such eating habits for most
of my adult life at a healthy BMI for my height.
Your body fat is the accumulation
of all the
excess calories you've ingested, and they're stored as a backup source
of energy to be used in cases
of caloric deficit (that's when you burn more calories than you consume).
They aren't going to hinder your fat loss unless you are eating an
excess amount
of them and exceeding your daily
caloric needs.
That's great if you put yourself through hell when your sick just to attempt to stay in shape, but I'd rather just supply my body with what it needs, a
caloric excess, plenty
of sugar, and lots
of rest.
https://deniseminger.com/2010/06/20/a-closer-look-at-the-china-study-dairy-and-disease/ In her link, she point out possible confounding factors in the china study regarding the association
of dairy and htn, (Lack
of vegetables,
excess sodium, high body weight, and high
caloric intake, to name a few.)
Gaining weight, a.k.a. building muscle, requires a
caloric intake in
excess of what it takes to maintain your current bodyweight.
Step 2) Instead
of eating at a
caloric deficit, you will aim to eat at a
caloric surplus, at a maximum
of 500 calories (
excess) a day.
A reduction in «fidgeting», a lower likelihood
of getting up from the couch, a tendency to avoid
excess movement - these daily reductions in overall
caloric burn can end up being quite significant.
Excess fat — fat that exceeds
caloric requirements — does increase the chance
of fatty liver.
In a context
of a mostly whole foods diet without
caloric excess, even large amounts
of sugar are benign.
The problem,
of course, is that indulging too heavily might increase your
caloric intake and the
excess sodium can make fluid retention (a common symptom
of PMS) worse.
Part
of this reversal in guidelines is based on the fact that replacing protein or carbohydrates with healthy fats in
excess of the current 35 %
of the daily
caloric fat limit reduces risk
of cardiovascular disease (Appel et al., 2005; Estruch et al., 2013).
What this means is, while a
caloric surplus is still absolutely required, if there are any
excess calories consumed in addition to the number
of calories that your body can actually put towards building muscle, these calories will end up going through the «Fat Storage» door.
It has been hypothesized that the reported beneficial health effects from
caloric restriction on
excess body weight, cardiovascular risk factors, glucose metabolism, tumor physiology, neurodegenerative pathology and life span can be mimicked by alternating periods
of short term fasting with periods
of refeeding, without deliberately altering the total
caloric intake.
You present no studies to back up this claim and are throwing out years
of research linking saturated fat and
excess caloric intake with obesity.
Excesses over your needs - particularly in the intake
of isolated, «favored» nutrients, or in
caloric intake - are as bad as deficiency.
Does the example
of Diabetesville illustrate a diet high in carbohydrates, percentage wise, or a diet
excess in carbohydrate,
caloric wise?
The ultimate cause
of weight loss (or weight gain) is
caloric restriction (or
excess).
During times
of growth, a
caloric excess is necessary, but unintentionally eating more than you need leads to unwanted weight gain.
A well documented relationship exists between chronically elevated levels
of stress hormones and deposition
of excess fat in the abdomen leading to obesity as well as increased
caloric intake, particularly increased ingestion
of fats and sugars (Bjorntorp, 2001)
You used a single study in your brief discussion — did the study factor in basal metabolic rate
of the participants and put them on a diet in order ensure adequate
caloric excess to induce growth?
This is the Hormonal Obesity Theory, as opposed to the
Caloric Theory, which holds that
excess calories is the cause
of obesity.
Have started hitting the gym for a little more than a month now, still in noobgains phase, and trying to cut out some
of the
excess fat (started with 20 % bf, but lost some waist size already... Actually, as soon as I started fasting I started losing waist without any
caloric variation to the diet)
Consistency in the timing and
caloric content
of meals also minimizes the fluctuations in blood glucose levels, while reducing
excess weight.
In general, as the fat content
of a diet increases, so does the
caloric density and palatability, which promotes
excess calorie consumption and obesity.
Food may be used in
excess as a tool for consoling or pacifying emotional needs
of the child by the parent31 or to self - soothe by the child.32, 33 Alternatively, family violence is distressing and may cause affective dysregulation, leading to decreased impulse control and excessive
caloric intake.34 More direct biological mechanisms are also plausible.