"The banana has long been a fruit of choice for many Japanese. In 2007, the Japanese consumed 970,000 tons of bananas. But a new diet has swept across the nation and become the culprit for the sudden spike in banana consumption, and a shortage at grocery stores.Because she did not eat fewer Calories than she burned, she did not see the results her husband did.
'My husband has lost about six pounds since he started the morning banana diet a few months ago,' Satake said. 'I am not sure how much the fruit did for me, but my husband has been following this diet and he needs his bananas.'"
Also, notice the rate of weight loss - "six pounds" in "a few months" and compare that to the diet claims/programs of the IMHO nutritional homicide set, i.e., Oprah, Oz, Katz, Cruise and Cruise, Greene, etc.
Assuming "a few months" is three months, that is 2 pounds monthly or under one-half pound per week.
Even if "a few months" is less, compare this to the recommendations of the experts.
The differences between these IMHO killers and the "banana diet" should be striking to you.
The differences between these IMHO killers and the "banana diet" should be striking to you.
The experts claim that their diets will result in up to greater than two times as many pounds shed in a mere two weeks. (e.g., see here and here)
Here is another example:
Here is another example:
"'One man has kept writing in for more than 700 days so far," Watanabe said. "He had lost about 19 kg (41 pounds) so far.'"41 pounds in 700 days is 0.41 pounds per week, well below the recommended weight loss rate of 1-2 pounds per week the experts use to kill people in this and other countries.
This diet approach demonstrates that no matter what you do, as long as you consume fewer Calories than you burn, pounds will be shed.
Too bad that the "inventor" has no knowledge of this and instead spouts voodoo:
Too bad that the "inventor" has no knowledge of this and instead spouts voodoo:
"'People tend to focus just on bananas and forget other things I mention, such as finishing dinner before eight or going to bed before midnight,' Watanabe said. 'These help your body and mind to rest, which is also important for weight management. You will need to create an environment where body and mind can be released from stress.'"Opportunity lost.
Anything will work as long as fewer Calories are consumed than burned.
None of the other stuff is "important" unless it helps you reduce your Calories in relative to your Calories out.
Period.
End.
Posts
2 comments:
How does losing a pound a week "kill" you? A pound a week is a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day. Anything less than that is too hard to keep track of, given that calorie counts can be off by 20 percent. Fat people especially have a poor sense of satiety and portion evaluation (or they wouldn't be fat), and need some structure. They can't eat just 100 or 200 calories less per day. How the heck would you even know you were at your 100 calories under normal level? And you need to shoot for a reasonable rate of weight loss because you burn 11 or 12 calories per excess pound, so for instance if you lost a pound on a 100-calorie deficit diet, you'd only have a 88-calorie deficit, and so on. You need a bit of margin there.
Hello, Anonymous and welcome to Fitness Watch.
It is impossible for a daily 500 Calories deficit to result in a 1 pound per week weight loss. It is impossible for a 1000 Calories per day deficit to result in a 2 pounds per week weight loss. For many people these caloric deficits rival the intakes seen in concentration and POW camps where death and discomfort from starvation were intended. This makes them unsustainable.
Diets fail because people are starved into failure.
Failed dieters usually end up fatter than when they started, i.e., with a higher BMI. The higher your BMI, the greater your likelihood of dying from certain bad illnesses. That is how bad diet advice kills. It also reduces the quality of life.
If you want edification and responses to your other questions/assertions, go here (read the rants) and here (read the books).
Be well.
Post a Comment