VLCD
Feeding Off Body Fat
Kimmer, the founder of the Kimkins Diet, has always insisted that starvation mode does not exist as long as there is body fat to burn for energy. Her diet suggested a daily calorie limit of 500 or less, later adjusted upwards to 710. The rest of the body’s needs would be taken from body fat.
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Low Carb Fiber
One of the main concerns for people starting a low carb diet is the apparent lack of fiber in the diet. I say “apparent” because it’s really a misconception. One of those accepted “truths” that keeps on being repeated over and over again.
The FDA recommends 28 grams of fiber for a 2,000 cal diet. Using [...]
Mind Over Body
When it comes to weight issues, we have decided that our body doesn’t know what it is doing so we have to overrule anything it says. That includes fighting hunger on a too restrictive diet. It also includes ignoring feeling too full at binge episodes or just plain overeating when we fall off the wagon.
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Daily Calorie Intake
There has been a lot of discussions lately about number of calories needed in the communities I frequent on the internet. However, I think there is some confusion about what the calculators are telling us.
BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate. This is how many calories the body consumes in a “comatose state”. Calories just needed for [...]
Dieting Linked to Obesity
I believe dieting causes obesity and not the other way around.
Who didn’t start their first diet when they were just a few pounds overweight? Dropped some weight and then put it back on, plus a few pounds more? Kept on repeating this cycle with each attempt ending up at a higher weight?
This dieting pattern is [...]
Diet Addiction
The term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual’s health, mental state or social life.
Is there such a thing as food addiction? No, not according to the author of Breaking out of Food Jail, Jean Antonello R.N., B.S.N.
People who [...]
Transitioning from a VLCD like Kimkins
I have written several posts where I have pointed out that a starvation diet like Kimkins is not sustainable long term and that most dieters on a VLCD (very low calorie diet) will regain any weight lost.
Of course, I point this out as I do not want anyone to start a diet like Kimkins. In [...]
Lowcarb Food Pyramid
The USDA food pyramid was latest updated 2005 and is due for a revision in 2010. Can we expect a change from the present recommendation of 45-65% carbs, 10-35% protein and 20-35% fat?
I doubt it but it wouldn’t hurt to try. Kimkins Review has a call-out for how you can help. Only by getting some [...]
More weight loss. More mortality.
There is a long term weight loss study done in Finland that shows that people that lost weight had a higher mortality rate than people that didn’t.
The results from the study are really confusing, but they indicate that weight loss is not indicative of better health, at least not when it comes to mortality rate.
To [...]
Kimkins Laxative Abuse
When checking my blog stats, I noticed that many people end up on my blog from a google search on laxatives for weight loss. How sad.
Laxatives are not useful for weight loss. They cause loss of water weight. Not fat loss. The drop on the scale is not permanent. As soon as you replace the [...]
