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What Science Got Wrong About Weight Gain

Have you struggled with losing weight? The conventional thought is that to lose weight, you need to eat less, and exercise more. This has lead to the false idea that overweight people are lazy and just need more discipline.

In a laboratory, all calories burn the same. However, in the human body, not all calories are metabolized the same due to the most underrated aspect of human health: HORMONES. For example, when insulin levels are high, your body will store fat and not burn it. When insulin levels are low, the body can utilize it’s abundant reserves of fat!

If you want to lose weight, lower your insulin levels!

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Resting Metabolic Rate Calculator

Resting metabolic rate (also called RMR) is the rate at which your body burns energy when it is at complete rest. You can calculate your resting metabolic rate to see how many calories your body needs to perform basic functions like breathing and circulation. Your RMR or resting metabolic rate is part of your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) or the total number of calories you burn each day.

RMR Calculator – Resting Metabolic Rate
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Most Doctors Have Virtually No Education on Nutrition

You Are What You Eat

The medical profession is regularly confronting issues relating to addiction, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and obesity in their day-to-day practice. It is interesting to observe what doctors think of these issues.

With this in mind, Credit Suisse Research conducted a proprietary survey of 152 doctors in the USA, Europe and Asia. The results are startling.

While most doctors do not appear to have much specialized knowledge or training about nutrition (and more specifically sugar or HFCS), 82% of the doctors in the USA and Europe think that sugar calories are handled differently by the body, compared to only 60% in Asia.

On the question “is sugar addictive,” 65% think this is the case. There is more: 98% of the doctors in the USA think that increased sugar consumption is linked to the development of obesity, compared to 85% in Europe and 94% in Asia. The same question regarding diabetes type II shows that 96% of the doctors surveyed in the USA believe there is a link with increased sugar consumption versus 92% in Europe and 86% in Asia.

It gets even better. When doctors were asked about the extent of training on nutrition they received in medical school, almost 60% worldwide had minimal to none!

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The Truth on Fat

Eating fat can make you fat, right? The Credit Suisse Research Institute recently synthesized a significant body of evidence that suggests just the opposite – that certain fats are actually good for us. But if fat isn’t the reason for the rise in obesity and metabolic syndrome – a constellation of factors that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes – what is? And which kinds of fats are the healthiest? Watch the video to find what the scientific data really says about fat consumption.

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Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention

VITAMINS are organic pounds that cannot be synthesized by humans and therefore must be ingested to prevent metabolic disorders.Some groups of people are at higher risk for vitamin deficiency and suboptimal vitamin status. If you are like most people, you may be unaware of common food sources of vitamins or unsure which vitamins are recommended for what.

Vitamin excess is possible with supplementation, particularly for fat-soluble vitamins. Inadequate intake of several vitamins has been linked to chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis.

Read a scientific review of Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention > here.

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The Physical Effects of Walking

Walking is one of the simplest forms of movement and exercise. From taking the stairs, to leaving the car and wandering, to brisk speed-walking, it is easy to be active and fit!