Quote: Mintball "No. It's not that simple.
Many people do not, for instance, understand that calories in v calories out is not the full story; that cutting fat and 'filling up' with complex carbs – as per the diet advice, certainly some years ago – is actually one thing that will make you put on weight. It is no coincidence that distance runners 'carbo load' before a long race. It's also no coincidence that the two countries that use cereals to 'carbo load' at breakfast – the UK and US – are also countries with some of the biggest obesity problems.
Because of the same dismal advice, many people do not know that they need fat for good health – and also that saturated fat will sate far quicker than complex carbs. They have been fed a lie that natural fats – lard, dripping and butter, for instance – are 'bad', while processed poisons like marg and spray-on fats are 'good' (and more expensive, thus producing higher profits).
Our parents and grandparents did not have an obesity epidemic from eating bread and dripping. And the French Paradox, as it known, shows not only that a diet high in natural saturated fats does not cause an obesity epidemic, it also shows that it does not cause record levels of heart disease and early death. But then again, that myth was only based on the lies of Ancel Keyes.
Many people don't realise that not taking proper time to eat – and not in front of a computer or the telly – doesn't help either.
Processed and junk food doesn't help – I read somewhere recently that some of these things are high in MSG (far higher levels than in soy sauce) and that at these sort of levels, MSG effectively switches off the body's ability to feel sated.
So no
You see just because you think your a nutritional expert youve already overcomplicated it for mr and mrs ordinary, youve garbled on quoting this and stating that, its pretty simple really, you can eat anything you want, as long as its in moderation. A balanced diet with good phiz is whats needed so really Mintball it is that easy.
