fat tues: Hunter-gatherers don’t burn more cals

[cookiemdough]

I am loling that they described this as an a-ha moment.

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[onomatopoeia]

Aug 7, 2012 10:43:31 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

I am loling that they described this as an a-ha moment.

I know? When I need to run half an hour on the treadmill to burn off the calories in an apple, I can pretty much safely assume that if I want to weight less I need to focus on keeping my mouth shut.

Although I still do find it hard to believe that hunter-gatherers expend the same amount of calories as the "adult population of the industrialized world". How did they get this sample? Maybe the same as some of us who like to exercise and/or have physically demanding jobs, but not the same as the numerous Joe Schmoes in this nation whose daily physical exertion consists of walking from the house to the car, to the elevator, to their desk, and back in reverse 5 days a week.

[taratru]

Is it really an "a-ha" that people gain weight when they take in too many calories?

[sonrisa]

My husband was talking to me about the source article the other day. (Which I personally didn't read). They expend comparable amount of calories to people in industrialized countries with a similar height and weight. The whole "aha" moment is that despite their high energy high exercise lifestyle they don't actually burn many more calories than the joe schmoes sitting behind desks all day.

(ETA: None of this is new. It is just the latest research saying that while exercise is important for overall health, it has little bearing on weight. The key to being slim is calorie control.)

[Daria Morgandorffer]

“Ultra-convenient, modern food markets are novel in an evolutionary sense, and today we might get pleasure from a diet that over-supplies us with calories,” he notes.

Breaking news right there folks!

[ttt]

Aug 7, 2012 11:06:52 GMT -5 taratru said:

Is it really an "a-ha" that people gain weight when they take in too many calories?

It's an aha moment that exercise really doesn't help you lose weight and it doesn't change your metabolism. These are myths that you see constantly. "Everybody knows" that exercise is the best way to lose weight. "Everybody knows" that if you exercise more, you'll add muscle and increase your metabolism.