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According to reports a women has been on
61 diets by the time she is 45.
As a Fitness Presenter & International Trainer
for the last 27 years, I’ve been subjected
to all of the usual nutritional,
weight loss and fat loss information and advice.
I have taken all the standard nutritional
qualifications, read all of the usual books, &
applied all of the information to myself,
clients and class members.
But, in the back of my mind, I’ve always
had many questions over the whys and hows.
Why, back in the late 1990‘s and early 2000‘s was
I continually putting on weight?
I taught 30 classes
a week, ate a “healthy diet”
But I got fatter and fatter.
As I dug deeper and deeper and embarked
on a course of self experimentation and
looked into the research available,
I realised that so much of the weight loss
industry standard information is:
A: Completely flawed.
B: No plausible scientific evidence.
C: Doesn’t work anyway.
Why did you need to eat 5 small meals a day?
Why advised to eat 5 pieces of fruit & veg a day?
Why did you have to have cereal or porridge
for breakfast?
Why are low fat foods marketed as healthy?
None of this standard weight loss information
made any sense
and rarely did it get the desired results.
SO many questions……
In 2007 I designed the Kick Start Fat Loss Program
for Fitness Professionals based around Paleo principals, Elimination and a Clean Eating diet.
What is a Clean Eating Detox
The KSFL Detox eliminates processed food, coffee,
tea, alcohol, sugar and dairy on the premise that by detoxifying the body, the liver and the cells, this will help the body burn fat more efficiently, becoming leaner and stronger.
These foods cause intolerances & inflammation in
the body, and research proves sugar & processed foods are addictive and cause serious cravings.
They also send blood sugar & hormone levels sky high which in turn cause fat storing around the mid section.
Once you begin totally eating clean in 14 days
you can detoxify the body.
This ensures your body is burning body fat much quicker.
Inflammation is reduced, aches and pains start to disappear, skin problems, migraines, IBS, Diabetes & a whole host of health conditions improves as soon as you get rid of toxic, fake & processed food from the diet.
Kick Start Fat Loss is about debunking many of the usual ingrained nutritional/fat loss/weight loss myths that appear to have been handed down from generation to generation like Chinese whispers.
I’ll be examining why they are flawed and offer some research for further reading that may help you.
In the following points you will see a quick summary for readers wanting the quick summary and then underneath an AR section (Additional Reading) for those of you that would like more information and proof.
1. Eat Frequently Throughout The Day – Keep The Metabolic Fire StokedEach time you eat, your metabolic rate increases slightly for a few hours. It takes energy to break down and absorb energy. This is the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). The amount of energy expended is directly proportional to the amount of calories and nutrients consumed in the meal.Many studies showing subjects eating the exact same amount of Proteins, Fats, Carbohydrates and Calories during a 24 hour period shows no difference, whether they ate 1, 2, 3 or 4 meals in the same period.
Meal frequency does not affect total TEF. You cannot “trick” the body into burning more or less calories by manipulating meal frequency.
AR
The most extensive review of studies on various meal frequencies and TEF was published in 1997. It looked at many different studies that compared TEF during meal frequencies ranging from 1-17 meals and concluded:
“Studies using whole-body calorimetry and doubly-labeled water to assess total 24 hr energy expenditure find no difference between nibbling and gorging”.
Since then, no studies have refuted this. For a summary of the above cited study, read this research review by Lyle MacDonald
Earlier this year, a new study was published on the topic. As expected, no differences were found between a lower (3 meals) and higher meal (6 meals) frequency.
2. Eat small meals more frequently to maintain blood sugar levels and control hunger.
According to pretty much every “diet expert” eating small meals every so often will help you avoid hunger pangs, provide you with stable energy throughout the day and keep you mentally sharp.
In reality blood sugar is extremely well-regulated and maintained within a tight range in healthy people. It does not swing wildly up and down and it doesn’t plummet from going a few hours without food.
Or even a full day without food.
Or a week without food for that matter.
People believe they will suffer severe hunger and mental impairment from not eating every so often. This is simply not true.
AR
Maintaining blood sugar is of very high priority and we have developed efficient pathways that will make it happen even under extreme conditions. If you were to fast for 23 hrs and then go for a 90 min run at 70-75% VO2max, your blood sugar after the run would be identical to the same run performed in the fed state. It would take no less than three days or 84 hours of fasting to reach blood sugar levels low enough to affect your mental state; and this is temporary, as your brain adapts to the use of ketones. During 48 hours of fasting, or severe calorie deprivation, blood sugar is maintained within a normal range no measure of cognitive performance is negatively affected.
What about blood sugar and hunger?
Blood sugar is one of many short-term feedback mechanisms used to regulate hunger and the notion which exists to say that low blood sugar may cause hunger is correct. Low just means lower range. This is subject to numerous factors, such as your habitual diet, energy intake and genetics.
Stronger Forces at Work
I also think there are “stronger forces at work” when it comes to food marketing. I mean who’s interest really is it to promote “grazing” through 5 or 6 meals through the day, or eat 2 bowls full of over priced and over processed cereal for weight loss and do we really need to eat 5 pieces of fruit a day unless of course you want to put weight on and lighten your purse in Sainsburys?
As I sat and watched TV last night every other advert is for food or drink, low fat this and low fat that, literally you cannot get away from supermarket and food commercials.
So What is Fact and What is Fiction.
Since designing KSFL I’ve been digging into the research on WHY we are being advised to:
a. Eat small and often to keep the metabolism fire burning – there appears to be no research to confirm that there is any difference from eating 1 or 2 meals a day.
b.Go without food for 4/6 hours and your metabolism will slow down. This is simply not true. Research shows you can go for 18 hours/ 24 hours and there are some studies that says after 3 days of not eating the metabolism is unchanged.
For me personally this has been a life changing revelation.
In fact I cannot tell you how much this has impacted me and thousands of the Kick Starters who have joined in the KSFL lifestyle..
All of my adult life I have believed I need to be fuelling and eating every 3/4 hours especially as I am the go training and teaching classes 7 days a week, otherwise I would be slowing my metabolism down and doing untold damage.
In fact my whole days were planned around eating – you don’t realize until you change this mindset how much of your time you think about food – what you are going to eat and when are you going to eat it.
Once I unchained myself from this way of thinking, I started losing more body fat and I find I have a whole lot more time in my day.
When you are “grazing” through the day as we are all told to do, eating small meals and often to stave off hunger you actually lose track of the volume you do eat.
No wonder I was in Asda 3 x a week buying more “healthy” food to graze on.
Crisis in the weight loss industry.
You may or may not be aware that balancing your hormones, blood sugar levels, insulin and cortisol and several other factors, not including counting calories really is the way forward for FAT LOSS. I use the term Fat Loss as Fat Loss and Weight loss are 2 very different goals.
This article is only the tip of the iceburg I could go on and on but I’m thinking I’ll write a little bit every week (article grazing!) rather than frighten everyone to death with a full on hard hitting piece.
It’s difficult even for Fitness Professionals to get their heads around never mind the poor general public who keep on trying the same methods of weight loss over and over and over again.
We are being BOMBARDED all day every day with incorrect and outdated information.This info is keeping most people locked
down into dieting hell.
My mission with Kick Start is to arm you with the very latest research and nutritional information.
YOU then become your own Food Detective.
Join my Kick Start Fat Loss Mailing List for all the news and updates.
Let me know what you think?
Tweet me @RachelHolmes
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Have a great day
Rachel
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I know why you are here, you have tried so many programmes, clubs and classes. You are feeling frustrated with weight gain,
Your not feeling good in your clothes so you have stopped buying anything new to wear. Its the summer and you know you need to take charge and get back on track.
I have helped 1000’s of women all regain confidence, get back in control of their eating and look and feel fabulous. Its your turn now
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