Peter1469 (03-18-2021)
Even then, the effect isn't that significant. You may expend 20% fewer calories. The last message we should be sending is to stop exercising. I agree 100% that diet is critical. It's half the equation (and most of the equation if you want your abs to show) but it's irresponsible to advise people to reduce their activity level. I can tell that most of the people in the cardio area at my gym would rather be doing something else. There a lot of people who do resistance training that are consistent and pretty hard core but I'm one of handful of serious runners and cyclers. The idea that exercise is futile or even counter-productive would be very appealing to people who'd rather not do it.
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Madison (03-20-2021)
Mister D (03-18-2021)
Exercise does help but diet plays a more important part. More on this later.
Madison (03-20-2021)
I think what Pontzer said may have been a bit misleading when he said it was a brilliant evolutionary strategy for hunter-gatherers to burn 3,000 calories per day, no matter their activity level, to survive in times of famine. If they did burn the same amount it would have been because they first got fat when food was plentiful and they would then burn their own stored-up body-fat.
In times of famine, they would still need to be out hunting and trying to gather whatever they could find, even if they didn't find anything. So their activity level would be basically the same. That being the case, why would it be surprising that they would burn the same amount of calories?
Then what would happen if the famine lasted longer than expected and they had no more body fat to burn? Their metabolism would slow down considerably and they would burn a lot less calories which would come mainly from cannibalizing their own muscle.
I don't see how any of what he says is new information. And he's for cutting calories; what's new about that?
Also, there have been studies that show two people may consume the exact same diet/calories with different outcomes concerning weight issues. That's because no two people have the exact same digestive system. Does he acknowledge that in his book, or does he ignore it? The efficiency of our digestive system can be enhanced or destroyed based on our overall lifestyle.
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Peter1469 (03-20-2021)
This is my kind of thread. I taught PE for 40 yrs and was married to a clinical dietician for 25 yrs. The body adapts so doing the same cardio may have some diminishing returns. And the same is with diet. Your weight plateaus as your body adapts to the intake. The key to both is probably changing it up. Madison said water. Drinking more in my mid sixties has helped a lot with my digestion. I have diverticulitis and I fixed that with diet years ago. But the water has made a great difference. I found a new book recently 0acfb82c127308c6cb7323cca2969d11.jpg and it basically affirms that you move you live, you move a lot and you live longer and much healthier and if you sit you are gonna die and have poor health. I recently had that epiphany in my old easy chair. It was like a drug so I threw it out. Movement raises your metabolism and helps digestion. Maintains flexibility and actually gives you energy. So Ive done a stairmaster for about 20 yrs now. Easy on the joints and three miles, 5 days a week. I also do weights. There is proof they are good for you as you age. I was lucky those forty years because my job was a lot of exercise as I lead each class in exercise and stretching each day 6 classes a day. Retiring 3 yrs ago I had to create my own program.
Peter1469 (03-21-2021)