Re: Can a man gain weight on 2500 calories?

I realize that controlling carb works but that doesnt explain the fact
that some countries with a high carb have the lowest obesity problem in
the developing world.

China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, etc have a diet based on daily
consumption of starch (mostly rice and wheat) yet their obesity problem
is less then that of USA, Canada, Australia, England, New Zealand, etc.

TC wrote:
> Berna Bleeker wrote:
> > TC schreef:
> > >
> > > whyisthis@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > >>To TC,
> > >>
> > >>So if you ate the amount of calory on a mixed food diet, your going to
> > >>gain weight, is that right? Out of curiosity how many calories might
> > >>you eat on a typical work day?
> > >
> > >
> > > If you eat a lot of carbs while cutting fats you will gain weight. I do
> > > not know how many calories I eat in a typical day. It is irrelevant, so
> > > I do not count calories.
> > >
> > > At first I did count the calories I was consuming, and I lost weight
> > > when I was eating as much as 300 calories more than when I was doing
> > > low-fat and still gaining weight.
> >
> > That's strange! I lost weight eating low-carb (Atkins) too, but I didn't
> > count calories before I started - I assumed I lost weight because I
> > automatically ate less calories on low-carb. And IME calories do count.
> > After a while I got stuck doing low-carb, and didn't lose any more
> > weight, though I was still overweight. I was stalled for about 2 years,
> > and when I started counting (and limiting) calories at the start of this
> > year, I started losing again, even though I am eating lots more carbs
> > then I used to (I had been missing *fruit*!). In terms of energy, I eat
> > more-or-less 1/3 fat, carbs and protein each. I'm almost at my goal
> > weight now.
> >
> > Berna
> >
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> > ( )_( ) Berna M. Bleeker-Slikker
> > / . . \ berna.bleeker@xxxxxxxxx
> > \ \@/ / http://www.volksliedjes.nl
>
>
> I was losing weight after having shifted to low carb and I was eating
> more calories, so I got to thinking, what if I ate even more calories?
> I added an ounce of olive oil a day (a shot glass), still kept losing
> weight, then I upped it to 2 oz. and kept losing weight. I specifically
> ate more fat, more butter, didn't trim pork chops, etc. and kept losing
> weight.
>
> That is when it finally hit me: Calories don't matter. My subsequent
> research has borne that out. There is no definitive study or research
> paper that actually made *the* finding that weight management ie. fat
> storage is strictly and solely dependent on calories in vs calories
> out.
>
> The basic and fundamental science that says that "calories are all"
> does not appear to exist. I've read multiple university level bio-chem
> textbooks, medical historical documents, biographies of scientists,
> etc. and I've fished far and wide for the seminal science that found
> and proved that calories are all, and so far I've not found it. I've
> even challenged the brainiacs in smn to come up with it and nothing
> useful came of it.
>
> Weight management in humans is controlled by hormones. Specifically the
> insulin/glucagon balance. Screw with that and your weight will
> fluctuate.
>
> Too much carbs = too much blood glucose = too much insulin = trigger
> fat storage.
>
> Restrict refined carbs = normal blood glucose = normal insulin/glucagon
> balance = normal fat storage.
>
> TC

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