03/05/2022
I get the same messages all day every day from patients and followers. Here are some of the most common ones I get. These are myths.
1. You absolutely do NOT have to go low carb to lose weight. I don’t care if you have insulin resistance or not. It doesn’t matter. It’s energy balance. If you find a way to eat fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight.
2. It was thought that protein is harmful for kidneys due to the way it is metabolized in the body. However with more data this has been questioned. I’m not one to recommend the 1 g of protein per pound of body weight. Unless you’re a professional bodybuilder trying to preserve every single gram of muscle you have while you lose fat. For those with much more fat to lose you can be lenient in this and go lower. However even modest protein intakes from 1.2 to 1.6 g of protein per kilogram are said to be harmful by some people on the Internet. There isn’t good data to say it is harmful to eat that amount.
3. Cardio is awesome. But you don’t HAVE to do it to lose fat. I still would do it for health purposes regardless. You also don’t have to do it fasted. Just do it when you can.
4. Saying you don’t want to lift weights because you don’t want to look like a pro bodybuilder is like saying you don’t want to drive because you don’t want to become a nascar driver. Lifting weights is amazing for health and your body. To get bulky you would need a diet that helps with that and a lot of lifting and time/effort to do it.
5. Losing weight and keeping it off requires much more than willpower. Addressing habits, environment, physiology, and much more is what it takes.
What else would you add?
I tried to address the most common questions in my free Start Here guide. You can click the link below to download it it. It’s free!
TheStartHereGuide.com
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