Dieting makes you fat but fatloss is possible anyway….Today’s Post….Thursday, 3-29-2018

A Medical News Today research summary said yesterday that:

Repeated attempts to lose fat where you eat less and then eat as you did before, the harmful but common way of "dieting," actually causes fat gain!

Eating real food every day but NOT sugary foods or soft drinks tends to prevent fat gain as people get older.

Regular exercise helps keep fat off, particularly for women.

Interestingly, in this study, men who smoked gained more fat!

Men who were highly educated tended to gain less fat.

Not being in a good relationship and/or having the skills and resources to do so and being unhappy in your relationship tends to cause fat gain.

This study did not teach the best foods for keeping off excess fat nor did it teach the best exercises to do so. 

Instead it looked at what moderately informed or uninformed people did.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321324.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_country=US&utm_hcp=no&utm_campaign=MNT%20Daily%20Full%20%28non-HCP%20US%29%20-%20OLD%20STYLE%202018-03-28&utm_term=MNT%20Daily%20News%20%28non-HCP%20US%29

“The secret to avoiding weight gain: Don't diet

A new study flies in the face of popular opinion. The authors conclude that dieting is, in fact, a risk factor for putting on excess weight.”

As our regular readers know, eating the most organic and naturally raised real foods and some ongoing occasional stricter eating and doing the right exercises – all of which you keep doing -- CAN help you lose fat you keep off.

The other part is avoiding harmful foods and drinks as close to 100% of the time as you can.

Eating out less -- Only eating the most OK foods on the menu – And almost always avoiding fast food is an important way to do that.

Today, there was article about research showing yet another reason for this:

Eating at fast food places and eating out at all boosts phthalate intake...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180329095722.htm

Dining out associated with increased exposure to harmful chemicals

New study finds burgers and other foods consumed at restaurants, fast food outlets or cafeterias, associated with higher levels of phthalates

Date: March 29, 2018

Source:  George Washington University

Summary:

Dining out more at restaurants, cafeterias and fast-food outlets may boost total levels of potentially health-harming chemicals called phthalates in the body, according to a study out today.

"Dining out more at restaurants, cafeterias and fast-food outlets may boost total levels of potentially health-harming chemicals called phthalates in the body, according to a study out today. Phthalates, a group of chemicals used in food packaging and processing materials, are known to disrupt hormones in humans and are linked to a long list of health problems.

People who reported consuming more restaurant, fast food and cafeteria meals had phthalate levels that were nearly 35 percent higher than people who reported eating food mostly purchased at the grocery store, according to the study.

The association between phthalate exposure and dining out was significant for all age groups but the magnitude of association was highest for teenagers;

Adolescents who were high consumers of fast food and other food purchased outside the home had 55 percent higher levels of phthalates compared to those who only consumed food at home;

Certain foods, and especially cheeseburgers and other sandwiches, were associated with increased levels of phthalates -- but only if they were purchased at a fast-food outlet, restaurant or cafeteria."

Add to this that fast food places and many restaurants serve a lot of refined grain foods that contain the most harmful form of gluten and are very high glycemic and this turns out to be even more important.

NOT eating refined grain foods that contain the most harmful form of gluten at all is in an important way to lose fat and keep it off!

Add to that that fast food places put MSG in almost everything and serve the fattening soft drinks and diet soft drinks and so do many restaurants!

So NOT eating at fast food places and being very disciplined at regular restaurants that you go to less often DOES help fat loss although “dieting” does not!