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\nChanges in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men
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\nRelationships between Changes in Food and Beverage Consumption and Weight Changes Every 4 Years, According to Study Cohor N Engl J Med 2011; 364:2392-2404
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\nFrom the image you can see that POTATO CHIPS, POTATOES, and Potato fries are the biggest source of weight gain combined with Sugar Sweetened beverages (this includes HFCS) AND 100% fruit juices.
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\nI think we (UK readers) ought to remember this data comes from the US Nurse Health Study data so the meat consumption is US meat much of which is feedlot produced. UK red meat is mainly grassfed. US dairy is different from UK dairy our cows still spend most of the day outdoors eating grass there are moves to bring them in and take the food to them in pelleted form but it\'s not happened yet. (Archers fans will be aware that Debbie is trying to talk Brian into starting a big industrial dairy operation)
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\nI thought this paragragh from the paper interesting given my interest in melatonin.
\nI should perhaps also remind UK readers that Americans call crisps chips. So when they talk about potato chips they don\'t mean the chips we serve with fish but CRISPS that come from a packet. So it\'s not surprising that people who eat most crisps, chips, potatoes and drink the most sugar/hfcs fizzy drinks gain the most weight. Did we need a study to tell us that?\r\n

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\r\n \r\n If you really want to lose weight you have to evaluate your cals/macros a day.
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\nMacros are protein, carbs and fat. Im 70kg and losing weight at mo. I eat 100-120g protein a day, 50g of carbs and fat Im still working on the right sources.
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\nYou need all 3 of them as they help each other in different ways. Get these in the right percentage daily (lots of calculators online) along with your vitamins and essential building blocks and you\'re good to go. They are all, including fat the only way to lose weight.
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\nP.S You gotta get off that backside aswell\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Absolutely not true.
\nIt\'s perfectly possible to eat real foods and lose weight without actually counting calories or carbs.
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\nThe Food Revolution - AHS 2011With no calorie counting, no diet products, no hunger? This talk from Ancestral Health Symposium 2011 shows you how to do it the natural way.
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\nThe epidemics of obesity and diabetes are continuing to spread across the western world. Now we know why. Modern science has revealed our mistake.
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\nThe unnecessary fear of natural food has inadvertently caused us to eat more of the new food that can make us hungrier, make us eat more, make us fat.
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\nEver more people are realizing the mistake and seeing the solution. The food revolution is here. Please help spread the word once you know.
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\nI think exercise is incredibly important for good health. BUT anyone who thinks it is a necessary component for weight loss is mistaken. I cannot exercise to any extent but that does not mean I have to consciously limit or restrain calorie intake. When you eat real foods that satisfy your appetite naturally you stop eating when you\'ve had sufficient. Getting rid of those foods that promote hunger and cause lethargy solves to problem.\r\n

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