Here’s another recap on a study that shows how the macronutrient composition of your food while on a calorie-restricted diet can influence your results. In this 12-week study presented the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers (the same from yesterday’s post) split a 100 overweight and obese women into two groups. Both groups were put.. Read more →
Here’s a review on a study that looked at different, but calorically equal, diet strategies with interesting results. In the study, 67 obese subjects were randomly placed on one of three isocaloric diets for eight weeks. The diets provided a 30% reduction in energy. However, as mentioned, each group had a different diet. See below.. Read more →
Reminder: “dieting” (which is simply meant here to mean a fat-loss goal/eating in a caloric deficit) is a choice. If you frequently complain about how you can’t go out to eat with friends, or you can’t partake in social functions because you’re “dieting”, keep in mind that dieting is a CHOICE. No one is making.. Read more →
This made me laugh, but just remember – the scale is not the end all be all of progress. It just gives you information, and most importantly, information without any context, is useless. That is, the number that appears when you step on the scale does not differentiate between fat, muscle, bone, blood, undigested food,.. Read more →
There’s an old school belief that you can lose fat in a specific part of the body by training the muscles in that area (usually in the higher rep ranges). It’s called “spot reduction”. So is there any research to prove or disprove that you can target fat loss? Oh yeah. In fact, I was.. Read more →
Here’s another recap on a study that shows a higher protein intake when on a calorie-restricted diet provides more favourable changes in body composition: In this 12-week study presented in the journal, Obesity, researchers had 43 men who were overweight or obese put on one of two calorie-restricted diets. One group consumed the Recommended Dietary.. Read more →