{"id":2262,"date":"2017-10-02T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2018-03-11T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T14:04:10","slug":"why-weight-loss-diets-dont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/main\/lifestyle\/why-weight-loss-diets-dont-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Weight Loss Diets Don’t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year it seems to be the same routine. The moment spring and summer approaches many people want to get into a shape they deem fit for a beach. Or maybe they want to look good for a date, wedding or party. Whatever it is they all share a common goal weight loss, quickly and a lot. Those people then go on the weirdest diet concepts and believe that with only eating kale or drinking green tea and similar thoughts weight loss management is a real option. Then they lose some weight and rebound and wonder why.<\/p>\n

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Why Do Weight Loss Diets Work Then?<\/h1>\n

You might ask yourself why those diets seem to work compared to a standard diet<\/a>. If you follow the news you’ll notice so many success stories: people losing weight, getting rid of severe illnesses, handling their food allergies and so on.<\/p>\n

The problem is not so much the standard diet itself but rather what people tend to make out of it. After having read through the short overview of a view different diets you might have noticed that they all have a key aspect in common: they put an emphasis on fresh foods.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That’s why it works. Cut out all the processed foods and drinks and replace them by nutritious and fresh ingredients that will fuel your body with macro- and\u00a0more importantly micro-nutrients<\/strong>. Do this for a month and you will in most cases feel amazing.<\/p>\n

But Why Do People Lose Weight?<\/h1>\n

There are several reasons for this. The main reason though is that by preparing your food yourself with fresh ingredients you will eat less calories. Or to make it clearer, people got overweight because they consumed all the processed foods, drinks and sugar in the first place. Those are full of calories that are combined in ways to make it taste amazing, while not being very nutritious.<\/p>\n

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You eat “empty” calories and soon become hungry again and eat more of it. Sugar crashes caused by your insulin spiking and falling again will give you cravings for sweets and you eat snacks in-between meals too, which is even more calories.<\/p>\n

Weight Loss: A Short Case Study In Caloric Consumption<\/h1>\n

For convenience sake let’s go to McDonald’s. Typically you have something like a soft drink with something like a Big Mac and French fries, right? OK, now we make it large because they asked you if you want to upgrade it for almost no money:<\/p>\n