Courtenay Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 <<Nutrition experts concede that a high-protein diet may be useful for individuals choosing a starvation diet as a way to get rid of excess body fat over the short term, since the high protein intake will minimize muscle tissue loss during the given period of restricted calorie intake. Over the long term, optimal body fat levels are maintained after a period of weight loss only when followed by exercise habits that elevate the metabolic rate. Commands from the brain prove indomitable when compelling subjects to consume a given quota of calories. That calorie quota is roughly equal to that amount required to maintain given body weight when sedentary. Resistance to hunger proves futile for reducing percent body fat. Individuals eat as commanded by the brain, and the brain normally responds to weight loss achieved by calorie restriction by requiring a compensatory period of over-indulgence that results in a net increase of body fat. Thus, subjects that attempt to lose weight by restricting calorie intake alone invariably experience a net increase in percent body fat in the long term. Food consumption is driven by hunger, which is a command issued by the brain. Calorie intake alone provides for the satiation of hunger. Satiation is proven completely independent from the source of calories, be it protein, fat, or carbohydrate. Metabolic rate is the primary variable affecting body fat content that a healthy individual can control to obtain favorable long-term results. As a case in point, the protein diet is completely ineffective as a way for a sedentary individual to achieve a net reduction of body fat. Moreover, to the extent that body fat is dependent only on calories consumed and calories used, all fad diets are irrelevant. The relevant factor is physical exercise. Fat people that are fit suffer far less mortality from cardiovascular disease than do thin people that are sedentary! ---- Sources: Physiology lectures and UW Med Center Hall Health Clinic lectures currently broadcasted regularly on uw2.tv cable channel ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Courtenay said: Fat people that are fit suffer far less mortality from cardiovascular disease than do thin people that are sedentary! RIGHT ON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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