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High Protein Diets: Are they Really Low Carbohydrate Diets?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that high protein diets are effective at causing weight loss. For example, in a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1, researchers used a meta-analysis to compare the effects of standard protein calorie restricted diets … Continue reading →

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Can You Lose Weight Without Dieting?

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That ‘dieting’ is necessary for weight loss is an erroneous belief peddled by the diet and food industry. The law of thermodynamics shows that energy balance dictates weight gain or loss, this is true. However, for a forced calorie restriction … Continue reading →

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Fat People are Greedy…Oh Really?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The current paradigm suggests that fat people are lazy and greedy and this is why they gain weight. This ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of weight gain states that a positive energy balance, caused by too much food or too much little … Continue reading →

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Skimmed Milk: Refined Junk?

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Currently it is believed by many that obesity is caused by a positive energy balance. The solution we are told is to restrict energy intake through dieting, or increase energy expenditure through exercise. However, the ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ mantra of weight … Continue reading →

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Forced Calorie Restriction: More Evidence of Metabolic Damage

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Forced Calorie restrictive diets that attempt to coerce the body into accepting a lower level of fat mass are dangerous and do not work. That they cause metabolic damage is well evidenced in the scientific literature. Such dietary regimens are … Continue reading →

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‘Dieting’ Causes Permanent Metabolic Damage: Why Bother?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Most people still believe the only way to lose excess body fat is to follow a restricted calorie diet. This they believe will cause a negative calorie balance that will result in the utilisation of excess body fat as energy. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Dense, Get Lean

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That whole grains are protective of weight gain and obesity is increasingly obvious from the growing body of relevant research in the nutritional literature. Traditional diets such as the Mediterranean diet and the Okinawan diet contain high amounts of whole … Continue reading →

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Fructose and Ethanol: Brothers in Disease

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that moderate intakes of ethanol in the form of wine, beer, cider, spirits or other alcoholic drinks are beneficial to the health. Although their polyphenol content has been shown to contribute a certain degree of this protective effect, … Continue reading →

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‘Weight’ Loss Diets: Fat or Muscle?

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Robert Barrington

That forced calorie restriction diets cause short-term ‘weight’ loss in not contentious. Evidence from clinical trails shows that energy restriction causes weight loss for the first 6 to 12 months. However, that these diets are not effective at causing body … Continue reading →

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Forced Calorie Restriction Diets: More Evidence of Failure

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Many people believe that fat loss is only possible with forced calorie restriction. This is so ingrained in the psyche of the mainstream arena that to question the idea results in an incredulous response. That forced calorie restriction does not … Continue reading →

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