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Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has systematically analyzed scientific articles and reached the following conclusion: There is no clear evidence for the effect of genetic factors on the consumption of total calories, carbohydrates, and fat. According to the current state of knowledge, the expedience of gene-based dietary recommendations has yet to be proven.
Overweight and obesity have become a global health problem. According to the World Health Organization, 39 percent of adults in EU countries have overweight. In Germany more than 50 percent of adults suffer from overweight, almost one fifth is according to the Robert Koch Institute currently considered obese. This is primarily due to the modern lifestyle which is characterized by low physical activity and high-calorie foods.
Also genetic factors play a role in the occurrence of obesity. To date, around a hundred genes (loci) have been identified which are related to the body mass index (BMI). However, the functioning of these genes as well as the biological mechanisms behind them are still largely unknown. The investigation of the relationship between genetic factors and nutrition can shed light on whether the genes which are linked to BMI play a role in nutrition.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by VLM on Tuesday July 24 2018, @01:37PM (3 children)
Two fun related memes from the lifting community:
A popular phrase making the rounds in the lifting community for some years has been "you can't outrun a fork". Don't even bother with cardio. If you can run a five minute mile (yeah, right...) at that pace for two continuous hours (LOL, thats near world record marathon pace) then you'll burn 1000 cal total, so you get people who eat an extra double whopper with cheese and say "ah well I cardio so its all good fat-bro" and they do a 10 minute pace until they start sweating or maybe they're really hard core so they go 45 mins but either way they're burning a tiny fraction of the whopper.
Anecdotally there is some truth for me and reportedly many others in the appetite suppressive effect of lifting vs cardio. Cardio makes me ravenous enough to eat an entire horse when I'm done and my legs are tired so I lay on the couch and shitpost the rest of the day. On the other hand, lifting makes me drink a low/no carb protein shake and feel pretty pumped up and energized maybe an hour later. Also of course I'm stronger so I naturally burn more calories doing more stuff than a weaker person can comfortably do. There seems to be at least SOME truth to the meme making the rounds among lifters that cardio only helps thin people stay thin, but to get thin you have to lift, not cardio. Aside from simple observation and theories, "everybody gotta run" came from the same morons who were telling us to eat hyper high carb and low fat which mostly resulted in great farm profits and a really fat population, so there's no trust in the claim that cardio helps. Generations of advice like "start running" mostly seems to result in ever more fat people with bad knees, so once you find yourself in a hole, perhaps stop digging deeper? Cardio MIGHT be good for your heart but it won't cause weight loss or improve knee health and being fat and bedridden as a side effect never helped anyone's heart.
Good time to being up soy and soy-boys and soy-boi and so forth, or too off topic? Much like giving Indians whiskey or giving non-white adults cow milk, which is biochemically and genetically not a "nice" thing to do, force feeding non-Asians large quantities of soy seems like its gonna be the next scandal in decade or so when even the legacy media can't ignore it anymore. Every time I see a hipster "male" sipping a soy latte while eating his tofu salad with biceps the size of his wrist (if not, somehow, smaller?) and man-boobs bigger than my wife's boobs I'm like "eating other people's food; maybe not a good idea all the time"
Anyway in summary, the "greater lifting community" advice seems to be lose weight by not eating bad food, eating somewhat less food, and lift not cardio.
With a hilarious side dish of most of my lifting buddies are right-wing nazi alt-right MAGA people, so now weight loss advice has become political, and being a fat sick degenerate might be a new left wing class in the progressive stack, complete with athlete-shaming and so forth.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @01:47PM
Even walking should be ~ 100 cal/mile. So if you walk 24 miles in a day you should burn about 2400 extra calories. If you run, its probably closer to 3500 cal. Either is more than double what you need to be sedentary so I dont see how you can claim this is negligible. I didnt bother reading the rest of your post after you started off with such poor information.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @04:47PM
Ugh go back to the shitpost forums you're bringing this place down.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 24 2018, @11:17PM
Oooh, goody! Fun with memes!
Yes. Another way to put it is "you are what you eat". You can't get around the fact that junk food will make for a physical body of junk.
*Shrug* different strokes for different folks, I guess. I find that running/walking for a couple of hours works wonders to suppress my appetite. And I have managed to lose about 15 pounds over the last several months doing running/jogging almost exclusively. I anticipate hitting the weights again in another couple of months!
And, you are both wrong. To have a well-rounded fitness routine you should really incorporate elements of both cardio AND resistance/strength training. If you are only doing one or the other then your work out routine is lopsided.
It's really ironic that you would spew this shit and call others "morons". Look, tune out Dr Oz and the "fitness gurus" on TV. The best advice is what your doctor has been telling you for decades. Eat right (i.e., eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, go for lean cuts of meat, stay away from processed foods and sugars), quit smoking, if you are going to drink then do so in moderation, and get at least 150 minutes of physical exercise every week. That advice is 90% of the cure right there. Stop listening to idiots screeching at you about carbs, etc. They are trying to sell you stuff.
No, it's not a good time to put your prejudices on display. Look, if you don't want soy lattes, then go for real cream in your coffee. That's what I do. And I don't need to sneer at the other customers while doing so. As an added side benefit, it saves me from much unneeded aggravation.
And here we have the real reason why you prefer weight lifting over cardio: you have found a bunch of like-minded bigots to hang out with. Good for you! I guess everyone needs to have someone else they can feel superior to. In reality, though, you and your weight lifting buddies just end up looking smaller. Whatever.