Brainfade Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 A science teacher makes a documentary eating nothing but McDs for 90 days. Keeps calories at 2000 a day, exercises for 45 minutes and eats 3 meals a day at ol' McDs - everything from their oatmeal and salad to their quarterpounders and BigMacs and sundaes. Loses 40 lbs, and cholesterol comes down 70 points (from 240 to 170). The article and video state that this person got "surprising results." Color me unsurprised. It's time to forget food snobbery and fad diets. For good heart health, the basics work - good dietary balance, calorie control and exercise - be it McDonalds or McNatural. http://screen.yahoo.com/popular/science-teacher-gets-surprising-results-122737570.html
gattaca Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 So the study sponsored by MCsh!t ? They might be feeling itchy abt profits.
punjabi_khota Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 What about their mental health. How can anyone remain sane eating that crappy tasting **** for 90 days.
Tailender Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Choices are hard to make. There is a reason that obesity is an epidemic. No one wants to be fat, and no one really chooses to be fat, either. Humans are just like any other animal. The more access to food they have, the more they will eat.
Clarke Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 There's still a limited amount of choice at McD. One guy actually went on a snack diet and lost weight since his calorie intake was low. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/ Seems he also included multivitamins/veggies in his diet.
nballa Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 hormonal imbalances and bad gut flora make you fat.
randomGuy Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 I find it surprising why people seem to struggle with weight. I eat lots and lots of food (meat, fast food, chocolates, ice creams you name it) but I dont put on weight. I'm 6' 1 and I have remained the same weight for the last 10 years or so. I used to be fat when I was a kid though. its genetic, based on metabolism rate.
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 There's still a limited amount of choice at McD. One guy actually went on a snack diet and lost weight since his calorie intake was low. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/ Seems he also included multivitamins/veggies in his diet. Yep. Prof from Kansas State. He lived exclusively on things like "Hostess Twinkies," but kept it down to under 2000 (IIRC, it was ~ 1700 kcal). His cholesterol was down, his trigs were down, his weight was down. He had to take vites since a twinkie diet didn't give him enough. Doesn't appear that the McD guy had to take vites - maybe because he was including salads, plus the meat itself provided some. My overall point? Documentaries like Supersize Me are deceptive. McDs is not the cause of obesity. Eating 4 - 5000 calories and a sedentary lifestyle are. You could get the same adverse effect by eating 4000 cal a day at a Michelin star restaurant that serves up gourmet meals at $50 a pop.
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 hormonal imbalances and bad gut flora make you fat. Both very interesting and intriguing hypotheses, but the evidence is still emerging. They may have some influences, but for the typical overweight/obese person, high caloric intake combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is about the only convincing cause. Hormonal influences are complex. Some hormones have an influence on obesity. Others are influenced by obesity. Some are made in response to high calorie diets. Some affect brain signals of hunger/satiety, and may cause one to consume more than necessary. Overall, they influence, but are not necessarily the cause in the typical overweight person. Gut flora are even more interesting! They are hypothesized to have some influence, but no clear cause-effect relationships have been identified, yet. All we know at this point is that there may be some influence of some combination of gut microflora, some of which can extract and supply extra calories by processing foods you can't process (like plant fiber), but there is no evidence (yet) that they "make you fat." Some guy came down with an infection, took antibiotics, and all of a sudden his hitherto futile diet/exercise regimen started to work. Come to find out that his antibiotic had knocked out some of these "bad" gut microflora that were supplying him with extra calories. Until we know more - eat a little less, move a lot more :-).
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 its genetic' date=' based on metabolism rate.[/quote'] In other words, some people are lucky bastards :-)!!
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 What about their mental health. How can anyone remain sane eating that crappy tasting **** for 90 days. Don't ask me. I've never been sane :-).
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 Choices are hard to make. There is a reason that obesity is an epidemic. No one wants to be fat, and no one really chooses to be fat, either. Humans are just like any other animal. The more access to food they have, the more they will eat. Yep. A problem of plenty. But, at least, we could walk to the MacDees instead of driving through!
hhunaeh Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 can probiotics improve ones digestive system leading to better metabolism rate and help burn fat easier?
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 can probiotics improve ones digestive system leading to better metabolism rate and help burn fat easier? Nope. Don't believe the hype. The evidence is slender and shaky, at best. The supplement-pushers may try to get you to believe otherwise, but if you are doing it for weight loss, it is a waste. Now, if you have inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome, there appears to be some benefit to taking probiotics that contain specific species/strains of microbiota.
vvvslaxman Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Average man requires 2400 calories a day. 2000 calories is less than that. Obviously it will work from a weight loss point of view. Exercise will shed some calories for you. It also depends on what kind of food he has. High carb, high fat food or high fbier, low carb, high proten food (like salad). http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/meal_bundles/favoritesunder400.html These are under 400 calories food. Anyway.. i very much doubt this advt campaign will work except on those who are already mcdonald addicts lol. Lot of people are worried about the contents inside these fast food.
akshayxyz Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 You can not expect everyone to be disciplined enough to count their calorie intake. The problem with living off McD's kind of food is that, it is too easy to cross your calorific requirements without even feeling full remotely. Everytime I have a McD (or any normal sized burger), I start feeling hungry again within in an hour and sometimes even earlier. A normal healthy meal is supposed to take you through 3 hours at least w/o feeling like having another meal. The reason may be due to the fact that most of these fast-food meals are digested very fast, and have high insulin response - due to which your blood glycogen levels are depleted very quickly - making you (most of normal population) hungry again.. or making you eat so much that your gut is forced to take longer time to digest all that food. It would be difficult to have calorie surplus with slow digesting food. Try eating equivalent calories from plain oats+milk as compared to a some BigMac+Large Coke.
vvvslaxman Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 McChicken + Medium Fries + Large coke = over 1000 calories easily lol.
ganeshran Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 The guy started exercising, he watched his calories to a tee (only 2000) and tried to balance his diet as much as possible, it is a no brainer that he would lose weight. Not only McD, you can eat at any restaurant and still lose weight by following that formula. A better indication would have been to eat what a typical McD meal everyday and then measure the effects.
Ram Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 The guy started exercising, he watched his calories to a tee (only 2000) and tried to balance his diet as much as possible, it is a no brainer that he would lose weight. Not only McD, you can eat at any restaurant and still lose weight by following that formula. A better indication would have been to eat what a typical McD meal everyday and then measure the effects. This.
Brainfade Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 This. Exactly; it *is* a no-brainer. I was completely unsurprised, as I indicated in the OP. But, many people believe that McDonald's is inherently evil. My point is that it is not. As long as you can exercise a bit of self-control, watch your calories, and get off your butt and exercise, you can eat at McDs all day and be OK.
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