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 Science Diet: It’s in the GenesPosted on Mar 4, 2010
Low carb or low fat? Diet trends have led to diet debate. Luckily, some actual scientists are weighing in. The preliminary results of a small study suggest that some of us just process food differently, and picking the right diet based on a gene test could shed two to three times more weight.
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By Philip, March 5, 2010 at 8:11 pm Link to this comment
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There’s an interesting post over at the Health Journal Club that makes the case that people should just not eat anything that wasn’t a food 100 years ago. Gets rid of the aspartame, bleached GM flour, high fructose corn syrup garbage they try to pass off as food these days. If interested you can read on it here,
Report thishttp://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/
By diman, March 5, 2010 at 1:23 pm Link to this comment
EAT NOTHING PROCESSED BY MAN!!!
Yeah, and starve to death, what planet are you living
Report thison, not everybody is so fortunate as to buy groceries
in some fancy wholesome(that is another word processed
by man)store and even less fortunate to grow our own
food. By the way this is one stupid slogan, everything
is processed by man even the grains in your super
healthy granola bar were, when the time came,collected
by men, cleaned, dried and put in the sacks to be
shipped to the processing plant.
By SteppingRazor, March 5, 2010 at 12:41 pm Link to this comment
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I got a solution to obesity, Avoid Hi-Fructose Corn Syrup.
Report thisBy dihey, March 5, 2010 at 11:59 am Link to this comment
Another group of scientists has warned that changing diet without engaging in lots of exercise is next to useless for losing weight. They have also warned that lots of exercise without a change in diet may be useless in shedding weight.
Report thisBy Samson, March 5, 2010 at 11:30 am Link to this comment
Great scientific breakthrough. After years of research and after spending tons of money, they’ve come to the startling conclusion that people aren’t all the same.
Report thisBy Edward, March 5, 2010 at 10:22 am Link to this comment
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It is true that people’s bodies respond differently to different sorts of foods.. saying it is “in the genes” makes it sound sci-fi or whatever, but it is true..
For example, many Italian people have an intolerance to wheat which makes them gain a tremendous amount of weight for the amount of pasta and bread that they actually eat, while some siblings in their same family do not have such an intolerance and thus are not overweight at all despite eating the same amount.
Report thisBy greenuprising, March 5, 2010 at 8:31 am Link to this comment
Here we go again. We have an epidemic of obesity, as we’ve had an epidemic of cancer, and some dubious scientist comes along with a “small study,” touted by the press, that purports to show it’s all in the genes.
If it’s all in the genes, then how come we weren’t as fat/cancer ridden forty years ago as we are now? Genetic change occurs at a glacial pace. No doubt there are genetic differences in how we process food. Also no doubt: it doesn’t explain the current epidemic. This is how science gets a bad name.
Report thisBy MO, March 5, 2010 at 7:53 am Link to this comment
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Burn more calories then you consume it the answer to
Report thisall your question. Easy and to the point if you eat
less then what you body can burn with or without
exercise you will lose weight. All this other stuff is
just BS and a way for you to spend more money. Save
your money and loss weight. JUST EAT LESS!!!
By diman, March 5, 2010 at 7:09 am Link to this comment
What I’ve learned during all these years of continuous
Report thisstream of TV dietologists and so-called nutritionists
is that they don’t know shit,is milk good or bad? I
rest my case.
By ongre11, March 4, 2010 at 11:36 pm Link to this comment
It may be slightly off the topic, but the BBC is under a great threat financially. This type of coverage proves how great they are… Who is attacking them NEWS Corp.
Report thisThat said, I am one of those who need the genetic info to point me towards the correct food…
By gerard, March 4, 2010 at 8:50 pm Link to this comment
Think how articles like this would go down with millions of people who are dying slowly every day since they were born—of malnutrition, starvation, are nothing but skin and bones, subject to regular bouts with debilitating diseases and completely without medical attention.
Report thisThink of little kids born and raised on dumps where they have to scrounge for food every day just to stay alive.
Think mercy.Think care.Think justice.Think change.
Think.