100 Best Weight-Loss Tips

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1. Midwest Book Review says:

   01/28/2010 at 3:36 am

   Diet, nutrition, and exercise expert Fred Stutman, M.D. presents 100 Best Weight-Loss Tips, a compendium that distills vital information to bite-sized bits for anyone striving to reach and maintain a healthy weight. From warning against common myths such as “Running and strenuous aerobic exercies are the best way to lose weight” (in fact, walking andmoderate exercises burn fat during the first two-thirds of the workout, while strenuous exercises burn carbohydrates during the first two-thrids of the workout and fat during the last one-third), to the severe health dangers of low-carb diets, to why one should weigh oneself weekly instead of daily (there is often a “plateu” period where weight gain levels off – and it’s unwise to trigger either the urge to celebrate with daily decreases, or the depressive tendency to give up if one’s weight doesn’t immediately decrease). A highly recommended, practical, straight-facts health guide for all Americans.
   
   Rating: 5 / 5
2. MLIS 03 says:

   01/28/2010 at 1:35 am

   Stutman is right on about the fad high protein diets and that it’s about calories, not carbs. Same goes for his promotion of a high fiber diet. However, I take exception with some of his other ideas. First, foods don’t burn calories, muscles do. Second, those muscles don’t burn those calories in the form of fat, they do it in the form of glucose (sugar). As you deplete the glucose in your system, the body will convert your fat stores into sugars for the muscles to burn. The ultimate goal of exercise is not to burn calories immediately but to build muscle and improve tone so that your body can burn more calories all the time. Third, a University of Minnesota study last year demonstrated that people who weigh themselves at a higher frequency (daily) lost more weight. On the whole, there is more good information here than there is weight loss myth.
   Rating: 3 / 5