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Always Hungry?
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Forget everything you've been taught about dieting. In
, renowned endocrinologist Dr. David Ludwig explains why traditional diets don't work and presents a radical new plan to help you lose weight without hunger, improve your health, and feel great.
For over two decades, Dr. Ludwig has been at the forefront of research into weight control. His groundbreaking studies show that overeating doesn't make you fat; the process of getting fat makes you overeat. That's because fat cells play a key role in determining how much weight you gain or lose. Low-fat diets work against you by triggering fat cells to hoard more calories for themselves, leaving too few for the rest of the body. This "hungry fat" sets off a dangerous chain reaction that leaves you feeling ravenous as your metabolism slows down. Cutting calories only makes the situation worse by creating a battle between mind and metabolism that we're destined to lose. You gain more weight even as you struggle to eat less food.
turns dieting on its head with a three-phase program that ignores calories and targets fat cells directly. The recipes and meal plan include luscious high-fat foods (like nuts and nut butters, full-fat dairy, avocados, and dark chocolate), savory proteins, and natural carbohydrates. The result? Fat cells release their excess calories, and you lose weight - and inches - without battling cravings and constant hunger. This is dieting without deprivation.
Forget calories. Forget cravings. Forget dieting. Always hungry? reveals a liberating new way to tame hunger and lose weight for good.
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Queralt
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“I used to live in a much heavier body and I’ve kept a healthy weight for over a decade. This book feels like bs. It’s basically keto propaganda pretending it isn’t. It insists calories in/calories out is a bad way to view weight loss, but a calorie is still a calorie. Five thousand calories of broccoli is still five thousand calories. The book glorifies cutting carbs, labels foods as good or bad, pushes the idea of “negative-calorie” foods, and leans on weak testimonials from people who “walk a lot” (six miles a week) (this is my mileage before 8am on any day of the week??) It avoids talking about exercise for a reason: carbs are necessary for movement, and demonizing them makes that inconvenient therefore the thing here is to promote weight loss without working out. Because working out would lead to hypoglycaemia and heart issues due to lack of carbs ✨
Anyways, don’t ask me why I read this book, I am always curious about diets.
For most people, weight loss still requires eating fewer calories than you burn. Know your BMR, know your activity level, and eat in a way that matches both. If you struggle with cravings, your overall plan probably isn’t sustainable. Aim for mostly nutritious food with room for treats, track with something like a Fitbit if you need guidance, and if you want to eat more, move more. And don’t cut carbs so hard you end up hypoglycemic on a workout floor.
Calories in/calories out can get complicated with metabolic issues. I have thyroid problems, so I adjust my routine: smaller meals through the day, treats at night, higher protein for fullness. Others might prefer three big meals or front-loading breakfast. The point is finding what actually works. This book even misrepresents Mediterranean eating. It’s not drowning everything in olive oil and almonds; it’s balanced meals with vegetables, fruit, bread, some olive oil, nuts, and lean proteins. I know this because I’m from the Mediterranean, unlike an American author who seems convinced potatoes are the devil’s interns.
The book cherry-picks studies from the nutritional dark ages and ignores newer research that shows low-carb and balanced diets work equally well when calories are matched. Shocking how the inconvenient science never made the cut. The constant subtext is: if you crave carbs, you’re broken. No, you’re just alive. Carbs aren’t bad. Fat isn’t always good. It says to avoid anything that raises insulin and tells diabetics to avoid carbs, but then it says to eat ad much sodium as you can. ????? I’VE GOT QUESTIONS.”
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“I read this as part of my homework from my IVF clinic. It’s just a book”
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