dannyF wrote: ↑03 Aug 2021
Listen Friend..... Its more about volume and total calories. For example... one can eat cheesburgers, cheesecake or anything else that is supposedly fattening.
But if they consume less total calories than they need, they will still lose weight.
Not quite.
Your body
needs micronutrients on a daily basis. If you're getting the "bulk" of your nutrition from nutritionally deficient sources (empty calories), one of two things will happen:
1. You will crave food with much more intensity (and if your body isn't trained on healthy foods, it will crave it from what you know, which could be chocolates, burgers, or chalk)
2. You will suffer from the effects of malnutrition (this could be depression, lack of energy, erectile dysfunction, weak immune system, hair loss, etc.)
Also, foods high in sugar mess with your body (e.g. insulin response), increase your cravings and can reduce the amount of fat you burn. At the same time, nutritionally sparse foods still have to be processed, leaving fewer resources available to consume the nutrients your body needs even if you do eat them.
Paradoxically, fat consumption reduces appetite and increases metabolism.
In moderation, it should be okay, but if eaten on a daily basis, you will notice the hit.
But eating healthy doesn't have to be a chore. A few minor tweaks and a little experimentation can get you healthy food that tastes delicious, is filling, is quick to prepare and doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
I've had hypoglycemia since my early teens therefore I generally avoid it by default.
