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pounds more over 10 weeks on a diet that was high in plant-based fats and low in carbohydrates, compared with those whose diet was low in fat and high in carbohy- drates. If your blood sugar is within normal limits, a lower-fat, higher-carbohydrate diet is better for weight loss. This is so important, because according to the CDC, if people with prediabetes, lose around 5 to 7 percent of their body weight and increase their exer- cise levels, they can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by as much as 58 percent.


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The issue of hormonal health is now being linked to your toxic environment. Things like the bisphenol A, or BPA plastic, now banned and replaced with an even worse form of the chemical, is found in the linings of canned-foods and cash-register receipts. Flame retardants in sofas and mattresses, pesticide residues on our food and the phthalates found in plastics and cosmetics are all likely to be contributing to obesity. These chemicals mimic human hormones, and may actually be driving fat storage. “The old paradigm was that poor diet and lack of exercise are underpinning obesity, but now we understand that chem- ical exposures are an important third factor in the origin of the obesity epidemic,” says Dr. Leonardo Trasande, an associate profes- sor of pediatrics, environmental medicine and population health at New York Univer- sity’s School of Medicine. “Chemicals can disrupt hormones and metabolism, which can contribute to disease and disability.”


4. Exercise Despite the success of The Big-


gest Loser as a TV program, it turns out that more exercise is not better. A study published in the journal Current Biology found that people who engaged in moder- ate levels of physical activity burned about 200 more calories per day than those who had the lowest levels of physical activity. However, strikingly, the people who were the most physically active burned, on aver- age, the same number of calories as those who were moderately active - as the body adapts to higher levels of activity. Exercis- ing a lot may actually prompt the body to make adjustments to adapt and actually keep its energy expenditure at the same level as it does when exercising less.


The solution to this may be high intensity


interval training that continues to burn fat after you've been exercising so, in total, you burn more calories and you spend less time exercising. I'm sorry to say, those long cardio sessions are not promoting weight loss.


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