On a recent episode of the Oprah show, one of the guests was a 51 year old man with the heart of a 20 year old. He’s been following a calorie restriction plan and they said he might be one of the first people to reach 120 years old by following this plan. There have been stories both in the lay press and scientific press about calorie restriction for years and it has been a frequent talk show topic on other many other TV shows. However, before you cut your calories in half in hopes of adding another decade onto your life, you’d better get the other half of the story they didn’t talk about on Oprah.
I’ve seen a lot of strange things in the health field, and although calorie restriction (CR) is the subject of serious and legitimate scientific study, I consider CR to be one of those strange things. Of course, that’s because I choose a different lifestyle - the muscle-friendly Burn Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle lifestyle - but there’s more than one reason why I’m not a CR advocate:
Hunger while dieting is almost always a challenge. There’s some hunger even with conservative calorie deficits of 15-20% under maintenance. Prolonged hunger is one of the biggest reasons people fall off the weight loss diet wagon because it’s unpleasant and difficult to resist. This is why pharmaceutical and supplement companies spend millions of dollars on researching, developing and marketing appetite suppressants. Yet CR advocates put themselves through 30-50% calorie restriction on a daily basis as a way of life in the hopes of extending life span or health.
Practitioners of CR follow a low-calorie lifestyle, but technically, they are not in a chronic 30% calorie deficit. That would be impossible. What happens is their metabolisms get very slow (that’s part of the idea behind CR; if you slow down your metabolism, you allegedly slow down aging). So a 6 foot tall man who would normally require nearly 3,000 calories to maintain his weight, might eventually reach an energy balance at only 1800 or 1900 calories. This is not just due to a ’starvation mode’ phenomenon, that’s only part of it. It’s primarily because he loses weight until he is very thin and his smaller body doesn’t need many calories any more.
Does caloric restriction really extend lifespan?
The biological mechanisms of lifespan extension through calorie restriction are not fully understood, but researchers say it may involve alterations in energy metabolism (as mentioned above), reduced oxidative damage, improvements in insulin sensitivity, reduction of glycation, modulation of protein metabolism, down regulation of pro-inflammatory genes and functional changes in both neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous systems.
Mouse studies on CR go back as far as 1935 and monkey studies began in the late 1980’s. So far the results are clear on one thing: caloric restriction does increase lifespan in rodents and other lower species (yeast, worms and flies). Studies suggest the life of the laboratory rat is 25% longer with CR (even longer with aggressive CR). Primate studies are still underway and humans have been experimenting with CR for some time. In primates and humans, biomarkers of aging show signs of slower aging with CR. This makes many proponents talk about this CR as if it were a sure-thing, already proven through double-blind randomised clinical human trials.
The truth is, there is NO direct experimental evidence that you will live longer from practicing CR. Due to the length of human lifespan, we will not have the necessary data for at least another generation and perhaps multiple generations. Even then, it will still be highly speculative whether CR will extend human life at all and if so how much. We can only estimate. I’ve seen guesses in the scientific literature ranging from 3 to 13 years, if CR is practiced for an entire adult lifetime.
Jay Phelan, a biologist at UCLA is sceptical. He says the potential life extension is on the lower end of that range and the increase is so small that it’s not worth the semi-starvation:
“There is no current evidence that lifelong caloric restriction leads to increased lifespan in primates. It’s certainly tantalizing that things like blood pressure or heart rate look as though they are a lot healthier and I believe they are. Whether or not this translates to a significantly increased lifespan, I don’t know. I predict that it doesn’t.”
I don’t quibble qualitatively with their results. Yes, it will increase lifespan, but it will not increase it by 50% or 60%, it won’t increase it by 20% or 10%, it might increase it by 2%. So if you tell me that I have to do something horrible for every day of my life for a 2% benefit - for an extra year of life - I say no thanks.”
Is prolonged caloric restriction unhealthy?
When caloric restriction is practiced with optimal nutrition (CRON), it is not inherently unhealthy. Actually, it appears the reverse is true. First, the weight loss that comes with the low calories produces improvements in the health markers, as you would expect. Second, the meticulous choice of food from CRON practitioners, where they pick high nutrient foods and avoid empty calories means that they are making healthy food choices. Third, advocates say that the CR itself improves health. I wonder, however, how much does CR improve health independent of the weight loss and the optimal nutrition?
By losing fat and maintaining an ideal body composition (the fat to muscle ratio) and eating high nutrient density foods, I propose that even at a more normal caloric intake, you will get very significant health and longevity benefits. I also propose that gaining muscle in a natural way (no steroids) will increase your quality of life today and as you get older.
Aside from the fact that we are not lab rats, the truth is, none of us knows when our day will come. We could get plucked off this physical plane at any moment and have no control over how it happens. My belief is that we should make our lifestyle decisions based on quality of life, not just quantity of life. That includes our quality of life today as well as our anticipated quality of life when we are older. Maybe we ought to be focusing more on “health span” than life span.
Downsides of calorie restriction for life extension
One fact about calorie restriction that they often don’t mention on these talk shows is that the benefits of CR decline if you start CR at a later age. This was discussed in a research paper from the Journal of Nutrition called, “Starving for life: what animal studies can and cannot tell us about the use of caloric restriction to prolong human lifespan.” The author of the paper, John Speakman from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, said that the later in life you begin to practice CR, the less of an increase in lifespan you will achieve. Even if the CR proponents are right, if you started in your late 40’s or mid 50’s for example, the benefit would be minimal. If you started in your 60’s the effect would be almost nonexistent. Essentially, you have to “starve for life” to get the benefits.
While some CR proponents claim that they aren’t hungry and they cite studies suggesting that hunger decreases during starvation, Speakman and other researchers say that hunger remains a big problem during CR - especially in today’s modern society where we are surrounded with convenience food and numerous eating cues - and that alone makes CR impractical:
“Neuroendocrine profiles support the idea that animals under CR are continuously hungry. The feasibility of restricting intake in humans for many decades is questionable.”
Let’s suppose for a moment that CR is totally legit and the claims are true. Many of the proposed benefits of CR come at the expense of what many of us are trying to do here: gain and maintain lean body mass. One spokesman for CR is 6 feet tall and 130 pounds. Another poster boy for CR is 6 foot tall and 115 lbs. Measurements of rodents under CR not only show large reductions in skeletal muscle but also bone mass.
I am not suggesting that these CR practitioners are anorexic, a concern that has been raised about CR when practiced aggressively. However, they are losing large amounts of fat-free tissue and that is plainly obvious for all to see when you look at their bony physiques. I am not imposing my body standards on others, but 115 to 130 lbs at 6 foot tall is underweight for a man by any standard. Furthermore, researchers say that at the body mass indices sustained by most voluntary CR practitioners, we would expect females to become amenorrheic. “One thing that is completely incompatible with a CR lifestyle is reproduction” says Speakman.
With that kind of atrophy, I have to wonder what their quality of life will be like in old age. While many people struggle with body fat for most of their adult lives, I’m sure almost everyone knows an elderly person who wrestles with the opposite problem: they are seriously underweight and they struggle to eat enough and maintain lean body mass.
My grandmother, before she passed away, was under 80 lbs. We could not get her to eat. She was weak and very frail. I have reported many times about the research showing how most overweight people under estimate calorie intake and eat more than they think or admit. In elder care homes, the research has often showed the opposite - the patients over estimate how much they eat. They swear they are eating enough, but they aren’t and they keep losing dangerous amounts of weight. With underweight, atrophied seniors, weakness means less functionality and lower quality of life and a fall can mean more than broken bones, it can be life-threatening.
Life extension with more muscle
While there is a commonality between CRON and the way I recommend eating (high nutrient density, low calorie density foods), in most regards, CR is the opposite of my approach. In my Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle program, we go for a higher energy flux nutrition program, which means that because we are weight training and doing cardio and leading a very active lifestyle, we get to eat more. Because we are so active and well-trained, the eating more does not have a negative effect as it would on a sedentary person, who might get sick and fat from the additional calories. We active folks take those calories, burn them for energy, partition them into lean muscle tissue and we enjoy a faster metabolism and extremely high quality of life.
As a bodybuilder, CR is not compatible with my priorities, but hypothetically speaking, if I were to practice a lower calorie lifestyle, I wouldn’t follow an aggressive CR approach. I’d probably do as the Okinawans do. They have a very simple philosophy: hari hachi bu: eat until you are only 80% full. While this does not mean there is a carefully measured 20% calorie deficit, it’s consistent with what we practice in the Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle lifestyle for a fat loss phase, and avoiding overeating is certainly a smart way to avoid obesity and health problems. Incidentally, the Okinawans eat about 40% less than Americans, and 11% less than they should, according to standard caloric intake guidelines, and they live 4 years longer than Americans.
If someone is being “sold” on CR by an enthusiastic CR spokesperson, or simply curious after watching the latest TV talk show (where they are looking for controversial stories), it’s important to know that there is more than one side to the story. If you carefully read the entire body of research on CR, you will see that the experts are split right down the middle in their opinions about whether CR will really work. CR for humans remains highly controversial and there are no guarantees that this will extend your life.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, MD put it this way:
“Because it is unlikely that an experimental study will ever be designed to address this question in humans, we respond that “we think we will never know for sure.” We suggest that debate of this question is clearly an academic exercise.”
In closing, let me go back to one of the original questions I was asked: “Can the BFFM food plan also be thought as a longevity lifestyle, but with more muscle mass?” Absolutely beautifully said! That’s precisely what Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle is.
I believe that by making healthy food choices but doing so at a higher level of calorie intake and expenditure, that we can fend off sarcopenia - the age related decline in muscle mass that debilitates many seniors - while enjoying a more muscular physique, greater strength, and a less restrictive lifestyle. Most gerontologists agree - by making simple lifestyle changes that include strength training and good nutrition, you can easily turn back the biological clock 10 years without going hungry.
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The first thing to remember when you are desperate to lose weight is that it is not safe to lose too much weight too quickly. In fact weight loss should happen gradually. Losing weight can be a challenge, but if you are consistent and can incorporate these easy tips in your daily lifestyle, it may not be as difficult as what it seems.
Selecting the right foods:
Foods that are rich in their fat content should definitely be avoided. A person wanting to lose weight should not consume more than 25% of their calories intake from non - saturated fat. Many research and studies have shown that table sugar increases calories consumption. It is a fact that eating sweet would make you want to eat more of everything and also make your body emit chromium which is a mineral that helps in production of calorie burning lean tissue. Increasing the intake of dietary fibre can also help in weight loss as foods rich in fibre help in curbing hunger and improving the digestive system. Rich fibre foods include fruits, whole grain cereals and vegetables. In fact it is advisable to consume fresh and raw vegetables and fruits instead of junk food and other snacks. This would also result in a stronger immune system and great skin. Rich protein diets are a great fat burning mechanism which helps in initiating weight loss and building muscles. Finally avoid salty food when trying to lose weight as salt forces the body to retain water which results in bloating.
Hydration:
It is very important to drink a substantial number of glasses of water to keep the nutrients in balance. Water acts like a solvent for many necessary minerals and vitamins and also helps in flushing out waste and toxins from the body. As a rule, one should lose half an ounce of water for every pound of the body weight daily. Drinking unflavoured and plain filtered water will also keep the body hydrated. Adding green tea to the routine would also help in natural weight loss. Drinking green tea on a daily basis would speed up the metabolism of the body which would result in burning fat at a much higher rate. Finally drinking milk also plays an important role in weight loss as it lowers the overall calories count in the body.
Daily Routine Exercise:
One of the most important tips if you are desperate to lose weight,includes exercising. Regular working out would complement the diet and improve the overall shape and contour of the body. It would also help in blood flow which is essential for the proper functioning of the tissues. It is not necessary for the workout to be very extensive. In fact simple exercise like isometric exercises or walking to suit the person’s fitness level can be undertaken. It is very important to burn fats by choosing a programme that is simple and easy to follow for you. If you plan to follow a long workout programme, it is advisable to take small breaks in between. This would help in burning fats faster than usual.
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Are you eating enough Vegetables?
Everyone knows they’re healthy, but most don’t realize just how extremely effective they are for fat loss. Here’s why…
- They are very low in calories and so perfect for creating that necessary caloric deficit. You’d have to eat 20 large bags of spinach, or 5 heads of broccoli, to equal the calories of just 1 cup of pasta or 1 tablespoon of butter.
So, you absolutely do not have to go hungry on tiny portions when you load up on veggies. In fact, it’s almost impossible to eat too many. Load ‘em up!
Take grilled vegetables and shrimp, for example. This is a perfect combination of fibrous carbs with protein, which is exactly what you want later in the day. A large portion that fills up your entire plate has only around 250 calories.
Compare it to a plate of processed carbs and high-fat foods. You only get to enjoy 1 REALLY small, thin slice of pizza for 250 calories and almost no nutritional value, and none of the energy or protein you need.
But when you focus on veggies you can eat a LOT more food, with less calories and a lot more nutritional value.
- Veggies are also high in fibre. This is both good for your digestion and fat loss because fibre expands in your stomach, making you feel full and satisfied.
A bowl of spinach has 8 grams of fibre, about 1/3 of your daily requirement. Broccoli, green peas, and other green leafy vegetables are also good sources of fibre.
- The third reason fibrous carbs are perfect for fat loss is because they have almost NO adverse affects on blood sugar levels. While it’s still a good idea to balance veggies out with a protein source, even eaten alone they’re okay because they don’t cause an increase in insulin.
- And finally, they’re loaded with vitamins and minerals and other very beneficial nutrients, such as antioxidants and phytonutrients, that will help you look and feel better, fight off disease, and improve your overall health.
If there’s any one type of food that is the most helpful for fat loss, it’s definitely vegetables. So, if you need any really yummy veggie recipes,
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Should low-carb, high fat diets be considered "fad diets"? A Comment by Mann and Nye published in the Lancet simply assumes that these diets don’t have any scientific credibility, but we’ve seen a number of important studies in major publications, including recent trials in the NEJM by Shai et al and in JAMA, by Gardner et al, to suggest that these diets are very far from being dismissed as mere fads. In fact, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that they should be taken very seriously indeed. (In fact, as any expert will reluctantly concede, there’s almost no good randomised, controlled data to conclusively demonstrate that any diet is better than any other.)
It’s important that real fads be exposed for what they truly are, but it’s equally important that genuine alternative hypotheses don’t get branded as marginal simply because they don’t conform to conventional wisdom.
Decide for yourself. Read the Lancet comment here or the press release below.
Here is the Lancet press release:
FAD DIETS IN SWEDEN, OF ALL PLACES
Nutrition experts have expressed their surprise over the involvement of Sweden in a controversy regarding promotion of low carbohydrate high fat (LCHF) diets in the country. The issues are discussed in a Comment published in this week’s edition of The Lancet, written by Dr Jim Mann and Dr Edwin R Nye, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Many ‘fad’ diets have been publicised in recent years, including the ultra-low carbohydrate Atkins diet. Other comparable LCHF diets have also been credited with significant weight loss without obvious adverse effects. The authors say: "Most authorities have argued against prescription of LCHF diets and such messages have not been incorporated into dietary guidelines for populations and people with diabetes. However, recent experiences in Sweden show the potential of committed adherents, supported by a potentially misguided mass media, to influence officialdom to an extent that might adversely influence national public health and the health of individuals."
The controversy began in 2007 when two dieticians suggested to Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare that LCHF dietary advice recommended to diabetic patients by general practitioner Dr Annika Dahlqvist was not compatible with either scientific evidence or accepted practice. However, Dahlqvist was exonerated after a report by diabetologist Dr Christian Berne, who said there was some scientific basis for offering LCHF diets, with a number of caveats-including the absence of long-term studies and the need for patient monitoring (including measurement of lipids). Dahlqvist’s exoneration resulted in headlines suggesting an about-turn by the Board, and Dahlqvist herself suggested that her diet was appropriate not only for people with diabetes but also for the whole population for better health and weight control.
Another facet to the story then emerged. An expert group, part of the Board, had been due to publish a report on nutritional recommendations for people with diabetes. But two of the experts on the panel were removed by the newly appointed Director-General-who considered their links to the food industry via the Swedish Nutrition Foundation might represent a conflict of interest. The Foundation receives food industry funding-but via expert scientists provides independent advice to industry. The two scientists involved-Bengt Vessby and Nils-Georg Asp, are internationally respected, and their dismissal caused outrage in the rest of the Board and the scientific community. The expert group began work in September 2008, but in the meantime the authors say that ‘misguided enthusiasm and reporting appear to have triumphed over expert opinion’. Aftonbladet, the country’s largest newspaper, has published details of high fat/low carbohydrate principle.
An anonymous letter, quoting Dahlqvist’s blogs, has been sent to all schools, preschools, and day-care centres in the country, advocating this dietary approach to ’save our children’s brains’. The authors say: “Despite the National Food Administration of Sweden having published a list of 72 articles which suggest that high fat diets are detrimental compared with eight articles suggesting that they are not, enthusiasm for high-fat diets persists. One of Dahlqvist’s popular books on the subject of high-fat diets has been number one on the non-fiction bestseller list in Sweden.”
The authors believe it likely the Swedish public will interpret the sequence of events as another example of experts failing to agree, and that they will conclude there is no case for making dietary changes associated with clinical and public health benefit (i.e., to lower-fat diets). They say: “It is also ironic that this debate should have occurred in a country which helped to pioneer cardiac rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, and one of the few to report a decline in the rates of childhood obesity.”
They conclude: “There are some lessons here for international agencies, professional organisations, and governmental and regulatory bodies. Perhaps one of the most important is the need for internationally accepted criteria for evidence-based nutrition guidelines as there are for evidence-based medicine.”
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It’s amazing to me the number of weight loss/ fitness gimmicks that are out there and even more amazing that people spend so much money on them. People talk about the secrets of weight loss, well the secret is, there is no secret nutrient, no magic pill or miraculous piece of equipment. Good nutrition is just not that difficult. If it were we would have died off a long time ago. I see in magazines, on the Internet and on t.v. programs that are basically just portion controlled microwave dinners. Nobody needs to spend that kind of money on food that isn’t even very healthy.
Here is what my simple plan would be. you can buy plastic plates that are divided into sections, so I would suggest buying these plates and "labeling" them as proteins for the larger section, vegetables for one of the smaller sections and fruit for the smallest section. Only put what will fit and no piling and balancing 12 inch high "food mountains."
There is the food component, now for exercise. Do something active for at least 20 minutes per day and incorporate some sort of resistance training in there 3 - 4 times per week. If you can do this (and I know you can), you can achieve your weight loss and fitness goals.
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September 1st, 2009 in
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The principle of Dukan Diet, also called Protal Diet, is to fight obesity by eating lean protein and reducing carbohydrates and lipids until desired weight loss is achieved. This plan does not provide quantitative restrictions, but only qualitative restrictions. The sharp reduction of carbohydrates and lipids requires the body to tap into its fat reserves. The absorption of protein allows the body to retain muscle mass. Furthermore, proteins are much less caloric than fat and you will appreciate the fact that you can eat as much lean protein as you want.
Phase 1 of Dukan Diet
In this phase of the diet, the foods allowed are:
- Lean meat: veal, beef, horse
- Some offal: liver, kidney and tongue of veal and beef
- Fresh or smoked fish, surimi
- Seafood (shellfish, crustaceans);
- Poultry: chicken, turkey (except duck and goose) without the skin
- Lean ham and cold cuts
- Eggs
- Dairy products to 0% fat, skimmed milk
- 3 tablespoons of oat bran every day
The foods should be cooked without fat and can be eaten in unlimited quantities, except the egg yolks (risk of cholesterol) and dairies (no more than 1 kg per day). Are also allowed, in reasonable quantities: gherkins, herbs and spices, vinegar, mustard oil, paraffin oil, etc … You must drink 8 glasses of water every day. Diet soft drinks are also permitted. This phase lasts from 5 to 10 days depending on the level of obesity and the candidate’s motivation …
Phase 2 of Dukan Diet
In this phase you get to eat the phase 1 foods, plus the following:
- Vegetables, except avocado and artichoke
- Soy and tofu, pressed, smoked or silky
However, carrots and beets should be consumed in moderation and not at every meal. The foods must also be cooked without fat. Meat and fish are still more important than vegetables. Water consumption remains very important.. Salads can be accompanied by fat-free sauces. Phase 2 consists in alternating 5 days of protein (PV) and vegetables with 5 days of pure protein (PP), as you did in phase 1. This phase should last until you reach your desired weight.
Phase 3 of Dukan Diet
The foods are the same as those of phase 2, plus:
- 2 slices of bread a day
- 1 serving of hard cheese per day
- 1 serving of fruit per day
- 2 servings of starches per week
- 2 free dinner meals per week
During the free dinner meals, all foods are allowed (including previously forbidden foods such as sugar or oil) on the express condition that you take only one serving of each dish and that you choose between cheese and dessert. You cannot have two free meals on the same day.
Phase 4 of Dukan Diet One day per week, on Thursday, according to Dr. Dukan, it is necessary to have a "PP" day as you were doing during Phase 1. Dr. Dukan recommends that Phase 4 will last 10 days lost per kilo (2 lbs) during the first 2 phases, for example, 150 days for an individual who has lost 15 kilos.
Life After Dukan Diet
After reaching your goal, you will resume a normal diet with two exceptions:
- You need to maintain a "Thursday PP day" (as in phase 1, eggs and dairy products not allowed)
- You will eat 3 tablespoons of oat bran every day for the rest of your life
According to Dr. Dukan, oat bran reduces the absorption of calories in the small intestine.
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