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Dr Becky What Causes Your Body To Burn Fat?

ECBG — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:15:18 GMT

Dr Becky Gillaspy discuesses the chemistry of weight loss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzD5Ijy0zD8

Re: Dr Becky What Causes Your Body To Burn Fat?

violann — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:29:10 GMT

She lost ME AT “.....Whenever you GO on a DIET......”

I don’t go on/off DIETS any more. I eat food that makes my body work at its best and do that every day. If I eat counter to that rule on a given day, I fix the mistake the next day and move on.

I don’t know who “Dr. Becky” is, or her level of expertise, but I had the interest in your post @ECBG, to pursue a little research about her thinking, and found that I actually do use her 4 step principle myself.

But “Go on-go off” are serious negative buzz words to me , and they kept me morbidly obese for 50 years out of my life. The LANGUAGE of size management is VERY IMPORTANT to me. I suspect that Dr. Becky will address this at some point in her public work.

I’d also be more comfortable with the statement “.....discusses (her take on) the chemistry of weight loss”, because if she, or anyone else, REALLY had all the answers, none of us would have eating/obesity problems, right?

BOTTOM LINE- thank you for posting this information! Potentially helpful thoughts in developing a positive, healthy plan that works to give your body what it needs!

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cherry — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:49:33 GMT

Living with diabetes is sort of a forced diet, for a lot of people. I think they would feel better using words like food choices

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Foxxee — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:31:23 GMT

Excellent review of fat burning. Good common sense advice on how to lose weight.

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sidsmom — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:01:34 GMT

“....fat is the body’s energy source...”

”...(to burn more fat)....eat more fat...”

No.

This Dr. is classic low-carb....talking low-carb nutrition when

historically doctors have minimal nutritional education.

If you want to burn the fat you already have on your body,

must not eat the fat you’re so desperately trying to get rid of.

Seriously ridiculous when you think about it...how people are

shoving more fat in their diet thinking it will magically change

their life. It won’t. Facts are facts.

Analogy

If the faucet is on & the sink is clogged, the sink will eventually

overflow. Doctors, nutritionists, book authors, etc are all good

at telling you how to clean up the water on the floor...but NOTHING

about how to unclog the sink. Eating less fat is unclogging the sink.

This analogy is the perfect illustration on how T2 diabetes works.

Restricting calories & eating less CH are classic examples on how

to fix the SYMPTOMS, but not the cause. Reduce the dietary fat,

the muscle cells will accept insulin easier, everything works more

efficiently & blood sugars/insulin needs will reduce as

Mother Nature intended.

It’s not that hard.

I went to her website. Here is a meal plan example.

Wow...just a pinch over ONLY 1000 a day. 🙀🙀🙀

And 60% fat😿😿😿.

So sad when people really want to get well but mis-information

like this continues to feed into the hampster wheel of social media.

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World Traveler — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:38:17 GMT

@ECBG Thank you for the post. I found it very interesting.

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Still Raining — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:41:20 GMT

Yesterday I was reminded again why some are fat.

Three of us were at the pool and two are exactly the same age, early 40s.

One is fit and trim and training to do the Hood to Coast again next month. They run as a relay from Mt. Hood to the coast, all day and night. Ate some hummus, an apple and some homemade zucchini bread with water. Not a vegetarian tho.

The other is obese and ate 3 large, store-bought wraps of some type with bottled sweet tea with a bag of Puffs.

You see this all the time if you watch. Then they wonder why.

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RetRN — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:41:44 GMT

Thank you for sharing--good information.

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GAQShopr53 — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:30:26 GMT

There are so many factors that influence our metabolism such as hormones, stress, thyroid issues, and diabetes as we age. Thank you @ECBG for sharing this interesting information on fat burning.

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Susan Louise — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:53:54 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
Excellent review of fat burning. Good common sense advice on how to lose weight.

@Foxxee ITA...Dr Becky is one of many DH and I follow on youtube.

Others off the top of my head are Dr Ken Berry & Keto Connect and Cooking with Kristie

I honestly can't thank all of these informative/helpful folks enough for helping DH and I become healthier.

Our blood sugar is now 'normal' and I have no more GERD/acid reflux/heartburn...and that is just some of the health improvements since our lifestyle change last September.

The conventional lifestyle of the upside down food pyramid that the gov, major health institutes and pharma companies push is what got us in the bad health situation. Why won't they change their viewpoint?

It's all about the $$$...they can't profit from folks who are healthy. Think about my GERD/acid reflux/heartburn I had...it became severe over a 5 yr period. What do the pharma companies push for that health issue on all those commercials? OTC meds...PPI's (that raise the risk of early dementia)...and other acid blockers that do the opposite of what your body really needs!!!

For those that think what I'm saying is nuts, watch these 2 videos to the end...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFRAc57lBww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlOcn26Rafc

Thank heavens we finally pulled the wool from our eyes and did our own research on what has always been considered a trend/fad...keto/low carb. We are now healthier and saving over $800 a month from not having to take lots of meds anymore...DH was able to stop taking his 2 diabetic meds & Crestor, and I was able to stop taking Prevacid and all the other acid blockers I was eating like candy to try and stop the acid reflux/heartburn/GERD.

Common Sense: Whenever anyone is able to get off meds they are healthier...period.

If it wasn't for DH getting sick enough to have to go to the Dr, we would still be very unhealthy. One or both of us could have been in the hospital by now.

I realize that 99.9999% of folks will not change their belief of what they believe is a healthier way of eating. I am absolutely fine with that. I think back to a period when folks thought the world was flat and wonder how many hundreds (thousands?) of years it took to get some folks to believe otherwise...LOL

I also remember an old saying my grandfather taught me that starts with 'You can lead a horse to water...".

It it also possible for someone to change their habits later in life despite the belief that is common...too old to change. DH and I are proof that it can still happen. DH is 52 and I'll be 60 by the end of the year.

It is also possible for folks who are vegan to live a low carb/keto lifestyle. Some vegans I know personally either just don't like the taste of meats and/or don't eat meat because they don't believe in killing of animals to that extreme.

For those who haven't read my thread I started several months ago with lots of helpful info, here's the link:

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Wellness/For-those-that-believe-in-low-fat-diets/m-p/5353543#M158055

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Grouchomarx — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:40:12 GMT

Looks like sensible advice on her website. It is certainly not going to work for everyone. I have had some friends and family try this type of diet and they couldn't hack it. But I have also seen people be wildly successful with it too. No one size fits all out there but I have never felt better in my life.