The Beginner's Guide To Diet, Nutrition & Healthy Eating

[Kirkor]

Just thought I'd post this, because it is like the title says "The Beginner's Guide To Diet, Nutrition & Healthy Eating". It has some good basic information that's simple and well organized.

The Beginner's Guide To Diet, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/diet-guide.php

Here are some more articles that seem useful, though I have not read them yet:

An example diet
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/2008/02/12/my-diet/

Pointers for a healthy diet
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/healthy-eating.php

Weight-loss guide
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/weight-loss.php

A Guide to Calories & Weight Control
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/calorie-counting.php

Diet, Nutrition and Food Myths
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/diet-myths.php

[Rahf]

Weight-loss guide was interesting and a decent read. The author missed out on some things and also did not quote or refer to the specific studies he kept on mentioning.

In the end, what he misses out on is his lack of education really. From what I can tell he is a random person with a big knowledge base on nutrition, what he lacks is formal education in the field and it shows.

He used the word "tone", and in the wrong sense :agony:

All in all, an interesting read but some things to note:

Other diets are not faulty unless they go to extremes.

"The One Fact" is finally present in a weight loss guide.

You can't build muscle and lose weight unless you are an absolute beginner (author failed to mention this).

Ratio on macronutrients do matter when it comes to how your weightloss will end up (author says that the only thing that matters is calories).

Probably more stuff as well but I'll have to get back to you on that.

[Ashtar]

You can't build muscle and lose weight unless you are an absolute beginner (author failed to mention this).Can you build muscle and lose fat? To build net muscle while losing net weight would require you to lose more lbs of fat than you gain lbs of muscle. However, building muscle while losing fat could have you gain weight, if the fat lost was less than the muscle gained, so it is a less extreme hypothesis.

[Rahf]

Can you build muscle and lose fat? To build net muscle while losing net weight would require you to lose more lbs of fat than you gain lbs of muscle. However, building muscle while losing fat could have you gain weight, if the fat lost was less than the muscle gained, so it is a less extreme hypothesis.

Fat metabolism and catabolism are constant activities. On an energy deficient diet, catabolism is greater than metabolism. On a diet with excess, metabolism is greater. It is a physiological fact and a reaction that enabled humans to survive in the past.

The same principle applies to muscle protein synthesis.

[rock_eleven]

(where you say "metabolism" you probably mean "anabolism", which is closer to the opposite of catabolism.)

So, Rahf, you're saying that when there is net catabolism in one of those two tissues (muscle and fat) there is never net anabolism in the other, and when there is net anabolism in one there can never be net catabolism in the other?

[Rahf]

(where you say "metabolism" you probably mean "anabolism", which is closer to the opposite of catabolism.)

So, Rahf, you're saying that when there is net catabolism in one of those two tissues (muscle and fat) there is never net anabolism in the other, and when there is net anabolism in one there can never be net catabolism in the other?

I probably do, anatomical terms aren't really taught out at english class.

What I am saying is that if you have (within a time frame) an energy deficiency, then the total turnover between protein catabolism/anabolism and fat catabolism /anabolism will be negative. The same applies in the opposite direction.

That is a physiological fact for a standard adult.

[rock_eleven]

I probably do, anatomical terms aren't really taught out at english class.

What I am saying is that if you have (within a time frame) an energy deficiency, then the total turnover between protein catabolism/anabolism and fat catabolism /anabolism will be negative. The same applies in the opposite direction.

That is a physiological fact for a standard adult.

Can you clarify further by saying if the following rephrasing is acceptable to you:

"What I am saying is that if you have (within a time frame) an energy deficiency, then the total turnover between protein catabolism/anabolism will be negative.
And the total turn over between fat catabolism/anabolism will also be negative.
The same applies in the opposite direction."

Thanks

[rock_eleven]

Rahf, it would be good if you can reply to that if you get a chance.......