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So you're saying that the lack of exercise has NOTHING to do with fat people being fat? And that the AMOUNT they eat (in volume or in calories) has nothing to do with their weight either? And you're saying that small portions of fat-making food can make one fat?
All these claims strike me as prepostorous. Again, I see that protein-heavy/carb-light diets work for some people (personally not a fan). But a diet that sensibly includes protein, fat and carbs in a certain ratio can work as well.
I don't see why, in order to defend the Paleo diet (or whatever this craze is called), it is necessary to make such exaggerated claims.
Exaggerated claims they are not. You're the one setting up strawmen.
Yes, if you force-feed yourself past the point of satisfaction, you will most likely put on weight. And no, if you eat tiny amounts of Twinkies or spoonfuls of sugar to get by, you probably won't put on weight.
It really comes down to managing hunger and insulin. If you're constantly spiking your blood sugar and causing it to crash moments later with crap food, you're going to be hungry all of the time. These foods will put you into a vicious cycle of eat -> crash -> hunger -> eat not only causing you to overeat, but also making it so your insulin levels are constantly high forcing your body to store fat and preventing it from using that fat.
Can you break this cycle through sheer willpower? Some people can. That one guy went on a two-month Twinkie diet, apparently, but I bet he was miserable. The best way is to just eat the kinds of foods that will satiate you for long periods of time while not spiking your blood sugar and causing insulin levels to rise. This lets you use the fat you have and doesn't cause your body to store new fat. It also prevents you form having spikes and crashes in energy levels, not to mention a myriad of other health benefits.
Obviously, exercise is also beneficial in many, many ways. However, exercise levels have extremely little to do with the current obesity problem across much of the world. You can easily become thin while sitting on your ass provided you eat the right foods. I wouldn't recommend shunning exercise, though.
Just curious, but don't people on the Biggest Loser crash diet and aren't most of the old contestants gaining their weight back?
I've never seen the show, but if they end up going back to their old habits, then of course they'll fatten right up again. It seems like the show takes a "no pain, no gain." approach and puts all the blame of obesity on the individuals character deficiency. It would be a lot better if they just educated people about what kind of foods will make them fat, but as you can see from this thread, opinions are divided on this matter, and that probably wouldn't make for a very entertaining show, anyway.