Truth or Myths about "Weight Loss"

The truth is that yes calories do count, but, not the way you have always thought. Calories work differently in different bodies, depending on your genetics, your metabolism and other variables. Also, different types of calories work differently.

Yes, I know, you have been taught that a calorie is a calorie, and therefore if you confine yourself to just so many calories a day, you can lost the weight no matter what type of calories they are -

That just isn't true.

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For instance, if you have 500 calories in cake, it is just as good as 500 calories in broccoli.

Not even close.

For one thing cake has nothing it except sugar, other carbohydrates and some chemicals which are non foods. There's not much nutrition is most cakes. Broccoli on the other hand has so much nutrition and protection that the human body needs and demands to work properly.

To explain say you need $500 to complete a project. Would you like $500 of real money or Monopoly money? Which one would help you accomplish your goal?

Of course you need the real money, fake money just won't be accepted to buy your materials or to contract the work you want done. The same is true with real food and their calories.

Scientists and some doctors are discovering that this is just another myth. Fats and oils are not only not the cause of excess fat on the body, but now it has been proven that good oils and fats are very needed for a healthy body and appropriate fat loss.

Dr. Rosedale's book called the Rosedale Diet informs us that he has had thousands of success stories with his patients, and he has people adding a tremendous amount of oil to their diet to normalize their leptin levels. Leptin is a very important hormone produced by the body when proper oils are supplied to an appropriate diet. It is needed to tell the body when to eat and when to stop eating.

This brings about a normalizing of the body and also body fat. Of course the oils he uses are only good oils like pure organic first cold pressed olive, avocado and almond oils. So the type of oils and fats in the diet must be the proper ones.

Another fine example of this is the Schwarzbein Principle. Dr. Diana Schwarzbein is an endocrine specialists and she was able to get wonderful results with her diabetic patients by adding oil and fat, as well as decreasing the amount of carbohydrates in their diet.

Then she expanded her program to use on people that had been unsuccessful with weight loss. They also had great results.

So, low fat and no fat is another myth we must not believe in for weight loss.

Most suggested diets contain a base of carbohydrates. We have been told to have several servings of breads and grains daily.

Carbohydrates are a form of sugar and pour sugar into the bloodstream. This has been found to be a leading cause of weight gain.

Besides that, many people are allergic to gluten. So, gluten itself can be a huge factor in an unhealthy body. If you want to lose weight you must get the right amount of carbohydrates for your body type or your genetics, and no more.

How many times have we been told the more exercise we do the better. Yet, there are documented cases of people who regularly over exercised, kept their calories quite low, and could not lose any weight. You may find this hard to believe, but it is true in many cases.

This we now know is because over exercising leads to over production of cortisol, which does not allow it to come back to normal, and a raised cortisone level will not allow the body to burn fat properly. The only thing the body will do under this circumstance is store and keep fat.

Now, I'm not telling anyone you don't need to exercise. You need to find out what amount and types of exercise are right for you.

Your genetics and body type must be considered, even when it comes to exercise.

Don't be fooled by all the hype, myths and lies. Find out the truth for yourself.

You and your loved ones are worth the time and effort.