tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post6662115261896010098..comments2024-03-15T04:04:25.642-07:00Comments on Intermittent fasting diet for fat loss, muscle gain and health: Occam's RazorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-51991552117112715172012-07-29T02:02:53.728-07:002012-07-29T02:02:53.728-07:00Stay with freshness all day, To know many informat...Stay with freshness all day, To know many information about freshness click here.badger brushhttp://www.bmvintageshaving.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-62911652594864404352012-05-30T05:07:12.557-07:002012-05-30T05:07:12.557-07:00Hello Martin.
Usually I agree with you, but not q...Hello Martin.<br /><br />Usually I agree with you, but not quite this time.<br /><br />I think you don't really get what Lustig is going on about.<br /><br />First of all, he doesn't dismiss the fact that people are eating too much and exercising too little. He acknowledges all of this. <br /><br />Hyperpalatable food, food availability, video games, tv, etc.<br /><br />He is looking at things from a public health standpoint. So far the common advice of eat less, move more (that you, Alan, and others in the fitness sector preach) has been absolutely useless in combating the obesity epidemic.<br /><br />This is advice that simply does not work for the public as a whole. A few motivated individuals can accomplish it.<br /><br />I am absolutely positive that removing or reducing sugar in the diet would lead to a positive outcome for the public as a whole, with all else being the same.<br /><br />Lustig does not advice against eating fruit. He also recommends a whole foods based diet, like yourself.Krishttp://www.kriskris.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-69187422598293376632012-04-19T08:54:56.883-07:002012-04-19T08:54:56.883-07:00Dr Lustig is a biochemist who researched fructose ...Dr Lustig is a biochemist who researched fructose metabolism. He has spent years treating obese children and seen the direct causes and consequences of childhood obesity. He has demonstrated how the widespread and unhealthy consumption of HFCS and sedentary lifestyles have been detrimental to our health, but you think he is a charlatan?<br /><br />You make some good points, but most of your arguments are the same old contemporary ones blaming everything on one's willpower and show a typical lack of understanding and don't address the underlying physiological/emotional reasons for our eating behaviors.<br /><br />I'd suggest you read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes before writing on this topic again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-27966523047600500302012-04-10T05:38:38.780-07:002012-04-10T05:38:38.780-07:00Great Post, I love to read articles that are infor...Great Post, I love to read articles that are <a href="http://www.concertinacoilfencing.com/" rel="nofollow">informative</a> and actually have good content. <a href="http://www.concertinacoilfencing.com/RazorWire.htm" rel="nofollow">Thank you</a> for sharing your experiences and I look forward to reading more.Razor Wirehttp://www.concertinacoilfencing.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-58709546922811077252012-01-19T23:33:39.445-08:002012-01-19T23:33:39.445-08:00"We were never the hunted ones, so there was ..."We were never the hunted ones, so there was never any evolutionary reason for us to be light and mobile"<br /><br />People have hunted people since the dawn of man and that will never end. Id say few species are more hunted than man.<br /><br />When you meet a band of thugs on your way home from town saturday night, you better be light and mobile. (or have a gun).Øysteinhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Mat-er-min-medisin/101285086597054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-28385924123581278962011-11-03T22:48:37.857-07:002011-11-03T22:48:37.857-07:00I don't believe that fructose is the culprit f...I don't believe that fructose is the culprit for obesity as Lustig says. But excessive fructose is one player in our obesogenic landscape, namely in sucrose and HFCS. Alan is missing the point by rebutting Lustig when Lustig is simply trying to warn the public that fructose isn't so benign. I admit his youtube hit is a bit of a shock tactic but its often the only way to get ppl from continuing their poor habits. We all know how hard it is to change one's lifestyle habits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-47236166019977851942010-09-10T04:56:33.606-07:002010-09-10T04:56:33.606-07:00Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog a...Pretty good post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts.<br /> Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.Rich Pinnellhttp://www.thecamstuds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-53115872284210272892010-03-18T17:48:53.828-07:002010-03-18T17:48:53.828-07:00Hey Nik, welcome. Hope you like it here. I'm s...Hey Nik, welcome. Hope you like it here. I'm sure you'll grasp the more technical parts eventually, as you learn more about physiology and nutrition. <br /><br />Thank you for the words of encouragement. I appreciate it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-35341044167018086052010-03-18T16:19:35.119-07:002010-03-18T16:19:35.119-07:00Hi Martin, new reader here.. Very impressive info ...Hi Martin, new reader here.. Very impressive info you have here on your blog. I'm new to all this stuff - coming from a modern dance background being relatively in shape. Stopped. And now looking for my way into shape again. Stumbled over marksdailyapple.com - and although having a bit of americanized "buy the book!" thing going on - I also think he gives some pretty good info - for me on my level anyway. I saw a comment on one of his articles which led me to your blog here.<br />I have to say that I don't understand half of what you are saying in the more technical parts(yet anyway) but the way you are writing and your knowledge is very admirable. I encourage you in your book project. And wish that people like you will reach a wider audience instead of all the crap that is spread to the masses about training and nutrition.Niknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-79741797731447883832010-03-11T21:16:48.866-08:002010-03-11T21:16:48.866-08:00well, even if it is true that we're eating mor...well, even if it is true that we're eating more (we are) or are less active (doesn't appear to be true, at least in children), it still begs the question why we suddenly began (consciously or not) to eat more and become less active. what made us hungrier and more lethargic in just the last 30-40 years? computer games? sorry, it's just a little more involved than gluttony and sloth.Paul Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-7621558653949532122010-03-10T07:58:53.103-08:002010-03-10T07:58:53.103-08:00Awesome post! I have lost a bunch of weight, and ...Awesome post! I have lost a bunch of weight, and people want to know how. When I tell them that I don't overeat (or when I do, I eat a few light meals after-this is comfortable for me), don't binge, obey my hunger, and exercise a buhch, they like to tell me why that would never work for them, and only low-carb (or low-fat or no fructose or no white food, etc) is the only thing that would work, but they don't have time for it now. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to agree, convince them otherwise, or what (as they sit in front of me drinking a pepsi, eating a huge sandwich and chips), but I just shrug my shoulders, tell them that they'll get to it when it matters to them. It's not my job to defend myself against people who won't make any effort to help themselves other than get snarky at me for not being obese anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-85020716490482836572010-03-09T02:02:18.835-08:002010-03-09T02:02:18.835-08:00Thanks. Good to see some people out there aint buy...Thanks. Good to see some people out there aint buying into all this alarmism-bullshit after all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-44697221904538728552010-03-08T16:24:32.731-08:002010-03-08T16:24:32.731-08:00New reader here. Great post, very impressive physi...New reader here. Great post, very impressive physique. While I totally agree that the hoopla over fructose is nonsense, the only good I can see coming from this is that sugar in general, whatever the form, does cause some negative effects on heart health, endothelium function, and Lp(a) production. If this indirectly gets people to just consume less sugar in general, than maybe its good.<br /><br />Seperately, just my opinion, I think the PaleoPutzes have gone off their rocker, and this is just one of their sideline fights. Good to see you and Alan and Lyle contributing some real science and common sense into all of this discussion.<br /><br />Bravo!SafeNSharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067649235775589917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-83501720591410843372010-03-08T07:44:30.743-08:002010-03-08T07:44:30.743-08:00Fantastic post! So often these days you see autho...Fantastic post! So often these days you see authors trying to blame this macronutrient or that ingredient...if we could only reduce your cortisol levels brought on my the stress of modern life. BULL! We are hard wired to love fat, salt and sugar and the food industry is well aware of this truth. Bad for you food products sell because they are engineered specifically meet these taste profiles. Put down the monster cheeseburger people, start eating well and moving more.IPBrianhttp://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-47612689725848975712010-02-24T07:07:35.120-08:002010-02-24T07:07:35.120-08:00Greg,
That was one of the arguments in the articl...Greg,<br /><br />That was one of the arguments in the article. Humans are surrounded by calorie-dense foods that makes overconsumption easy. I agree that if we removed all the junk surrounding us and replaced it with natural whole foods we'd self-regulate our body weights better. But that won't happen.<br /><br />"And you can take most wild animals and feed them enough junk that they become obese."<br /><br />Some species, sure. Big predators defend relatively poorly against weight gain, but not species that risk ending up as prey if they become too fat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-27918368269503169642010-02-23T12:55:50.939-08:002010-02-23T12:55:50.939-08:00Though I generally agree with your arguments, I th...Though I generally agree with your arguments, I think your comments on humans differing from other animals on controlling their weight is inaccurate. When humans eat natural foods (like what a hunter-gatherer would find), they can have some fat on them, but they are never obese. And you can take most wild animals and feed them enough junk that they become obese. Many people have pets (including reptiles that are not in any way domesticated) that have been overfed to the point of being overweight or obese. It is not that humans lack the weight gain checkpoints, it is that many modern foods that are now overabundant get around those natural checkpoints.Greg S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-42781561674728857782010-02-20T08:05:07.432-08:002010-02-20T08:05:07.432-08:00I agree with your idea that people try to make wei...I agree with your idea that people try to make weight loss too complex. However, there is a difference between being lean (having low body fat) and being healthy. Manipulating calories can produce leanness, but in addition, the quality of a diet determines health. Therefore, I don't mind all the research efforts to look into the small details of a healthy diet.Matt Metzgarhttp://www.mattmetzgar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-69428172713104249242010-02-18T16:12:36.042-08:002010-02-18T16:12:36.042-08:00Anon,
'Is this a good way to "save"...Anon,<br /><br />'Is this a good way to "save" one's dieting efforts and sustaining a week-long deficit?'<br /><br />Yup, definitely. I use a similar setup for maintenance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-30252396386063959742010-02-18T09:09:51.165-08:002010-02-18T09:09:51.165-08:00Martin,
I have a question regarding cyclical dieti...Martin,<br />I have a question regarding cyclical dieting: my off days usually consist of 1900 calories. Some days, I find myself binging to, say, 3100 calories. However, since I tend to view fat loss macroscopically (within week-long time frames), I tend to compensate by adjusting my next day's calories so that they would be, say, 1200 calories. This would bring my average intake over 2 days to 2150 and is my personal way of salvaging my diet and still staying close to a deficit.<br /><br />Is this a good way to "save" one's dieting efforts and sustaining a week-long deficit? I don't train on those low-calorie days, of course.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Martin (yup, that's my name too)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-64220273139701013422010-02-17T22:13:34.262-08:002010-02-17T22:13:34.262-08:00I'm a believer in the body fat setpoint and a ...I'm a believer in the body fat setpoint and a believer in the calories in versus out theory.<br /><br />while the set point may be biased towards weight gain from the evolutionary standpoint, i think nowadays it has more to do with the modern crap diet we mostly eat. the toxins like fructose, omega6, etc. while individually may not have any big effect, together i think they disrupt the hormonal system's messages throughout the body and to the brain. <br /><br /><br />I think a normal human being can eat tons of calories and if as long as they are unprocessed real foods, the body's hormonal system will respond normally by either increasing metabolism to expend extra energy or will reduce hunger so the next meals are less caloric. A person raised on crap foods will have some of the signaling and communication messed up so the brain is never told to eat less or direct a higher metaboolic rate and fat is stored.<br /><br />Stephen has a good series over at <br />http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/01/body-fat-setpoint-part-iii-dietary.htmldanimalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042339858277041759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-45965978760049166112010-02-16T15:51:19.340-08:002010-02-16T15:51:19.340-08:00Up until now, I haven't curled for years - cur...Up until now, I haven't curled for years - curls or any other direct arm movement have no part in my arm developement. My arms grew quite well from a lot of heavy chinning. <br /><br />I think it was McRoberts that said something to this effect - <br /><br />Do you really believe you will have small arms when you can do chin-ups with an extra 100 lbs around your waist?<br /><br />That said, chins require a decent base of strength and fitness and not everyone would be able to do them productively when starting out. There are also other instances when direct biceps work would be beneficial - I'm certainly not against direct arm work. But people tend to overemphasize arm-training when you could come a long way without ever doing a curl. I don't think an "arms"-day have any place in a beginner or intermediate trainer's routine, for example.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-54333344390473706112010-02-15T09:54:43.180-08:002010-02-15T09:54:43.180-08:00Re: chin ups for biceps. So you don't do bice...Re: chin ups for biceps. So you don't do bicep curls, or just not many?Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017551431123192280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-90895902691005975332010-02-15T01:36:35.354-08:002010-02-15T01:36:35.354-08:00Anon,
'whats your take on building muscle in ...Anon,<br /><br />'whats your take on building muscle in one place, say wider shoulders.'<br /><br />For specialization, volume and/or frequency should be adjusted up for the muscle group in question. For other muscle groups it should be adjusted down or else you'll just tax your recuperative abilities. <br /><br />I'm also a fan of using slightly unconventional strategies like high frequency chinning to bring up lats and biceps specifically (rather than hitting them with dozens of different bodybuilding movements, put focus on a variety of chins like rope chins, close-grip chins, pullups etc)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728930762797374365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-19156369504168161012010-02-14T19:20:19.960-08:002010-02-14T19:20:19.960-08:00[... ] is one great source of information on this ...[... ] is one great source of information on this subject[...]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753134523377951862.post-43741836032146379172010-02-14T18:52:50.988-08:002010-02-14T18:52:50.988-08:00whats your take on building muscle in one place, s...whats your take on building muscle in one place, say wider shoulders. Do you use different reps/set for building muscles? or is it just about calories?<br /><br />awesome site :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com