Part Two of the Ultra processed people book is titled, but "Cant I just Control what I eat?" One section of this is “why isn’t it about sugar…"
It is an effective review of the best recent studies that counter the "carbohydrate insulin model" in 13 pages. "Studies seem to support the generally held belief that varying fat and carbs in the diet, doesn’t significantly change energy expenditure." Though LC often at 3 months shows more weight loss, by 12 months LC and LF have consistently shown about the same weight loss. He had a 3 hour video conversation with Gary Taubes about these studies, the conflict with Kevin Hall, etc.
His conclusion seems a good explanation of why low carb diets stop working for most people. In the end, the Carbohydrate insulin model is incomplete and must include the energy balance model as well.
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Looking at the full spectrum of evidence available, provided you keep consuming the same number of calories, the fall in insulin that comes from cutting carbs doesn’t seem to make you store less fat or burn more energy
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This forum shows there are some individuals who can control their weight forever by cutting out all carbs, but we often see stories of those who do well two to five years and then regain due to carb hunger. The "I’m Back after x years", "one holiday I fell off the wagon and regained 30 pounds" or "stopped losing weight 30 pounds above a healthy BMI".. all happened to me when trying to stay on Very Low Carb diets. Think this is also happening with carnivore and fasting now, there are some spectacular stories of healing health issues, but many also "tried it for x weeks and didn’t lose any weight." In the end, you have to eat enough nutrients and also eat fewer calories than you burn.
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The best-kept weight-loss secret is simple: If you want to lose fat, you need to control your appetite by finding a way to get more nutrients per calorie from the food you consume!”
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As WearBear stated in the first post…this is a fun read. As he meets with scientists he brings it back to his family's meal, what UPF items are in the ingredients. I was interested in the comment made in the interview Demi posted. That he gives no instructions how to quit eating UPF, except read this book while eating your normal UPF Diet, a concept is based on a best-selling Allen Carr book The Easy Way to stop Smoking. The idea is that you keep smoking/eating processed food while you read about how bad UPF is, eventually the processed food begins to seem disgusting.