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broadland
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#1 · Posted: 20 Nov 2007 12:26
There are news items suggestive of increase in the life span of laboratory animals from prolonged use of very low calorie diet. Some human research has shown that VLCD of about 800 Calories/day can reduce the amount of insulin in blood and general body temperature – two markers of long life.
All religions of the world and societies have some dietary restriction and fasting as morally beneficial. I sometimes wonder if the wise prophets had noticed this beneficial effect of reduced intake and incorporated it in their preaching.
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#2 · Posted: 1 Oct 2008 12:27
Low-calorie dieting means triggering of the bodies emergency state of automatic fat production. Of course, what low calorie dieter doesn't end up with a adversarial or love/hate relationship with food (late-night secret rendezvous and then no contact for weeks). Low- calorie dieters that I know of are actually more obsessed with their favorite foods than they were before they dieted. They also lose and gain weight constantly, which is proven to shorten your lifespan and weaken your heart.
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determined
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#3 · Posted: 2 Nov 2008 18:01
Hello sashawk. You body requires so many calories a day to function. If you don't meet your bodys needs your metabolism will slow down. This means you'll burn less calories at everything you do. You can even put on weight! Starving yourself also leads to some nasty health problems! Have you heard of anorexia? It's more important that you don't take in empty calories, ie. sugar from soda and candies. The human body uses protein to run on. Without enough you body slows down! Don' count calories try counting grams of protein instead! Good luck
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#4 · Posted: 2 Nov 2008 20:06
Fasting or dieting for a day or two helps.
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Phil Stones
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#5 · Posted: 25 Nov 2008 13:39
just counting up my cals for today now and it has been a good one ! weight watchers meeting in the morning !
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#6 · Posted: 25 Nov 2008 14:32
Diets never work. They have no longevity. Pure roller coaster.
Sashawk is correct - when you cheat the body of calories, the metabolism does slow down and you actually start to gain weight.
It's better to strike the balance. Decreasing portions and cutting down on junk is a good idea as long as it isn't at the expense of the required vitamins, minerals, and ions.
It's best to increase physical output aka exercise. An hour of aerobics four or more times a week will result in a steady loss of weight and will benefit the entire body.
It's like anything else in life - strike the balance, a mean between two extremes - and use common sense.
Those who take shortcuts only cheat themselves, right?
Hope that wasn't too preachy ;) I just feel sorry for the plump couch potatoes - just rotting away. Quit rotting?
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chaseswifey
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#7 · Posted: 2 Feb 2009 05:22
ive been on my vlcd for two weeks and have managed to lose 12lbs. i have not consulted any doctors but i keep my calorie intake to about 900 or less and do cardio and strength training almost every day. i drink plenty of water and have not been taking any diet pills during the past two weeks.
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bdkfreedom
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#8 · Posted: 2 Feb 2009 12:53
I agree with newbie in that you gotta exercise if you ever want to lose any weight! Diets are cool and all but you gotta exercise while on them or there is no point! For those that do the exercising, I found that Strip That Fat is a great program to follow and shows you the secrets on "how" to eat! My friend signed up just 2 weeks ago and has lost 10 pounds already! And yes, he does exercise regularly!
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