What unhealthy foods do regular overweight Americans indulge in most?

Soda, or chips

giver of nopes wrote:

biogen wrote:

Fat doesn't make one fat. It's harder to digest and satiates better than carbs.

Carbs are what make people fat: they gorge themselves on a high carb meal, which causes an insulin spike, which causes all those carbs to be stored as fat. Then they're hungry again: much sooner than if they ate a meal heavy in protein and fats.

Nope. Protein is satiating, Fat and carbs are similar in all tests.

That insulin theory has been debunked many times. Even Tim Noakes now says the only reason LCHF works is because it results in eating fewer calories, although he would still claim that not eating carbs results in less hunger. Nobody stands by that insulin theory any more. Everyone agrees it's Calories In Calories Out.

1000 cal of celery is not Same as 1000 cal of table sugar

San Diego hobby jogger wrote:

giver of nopes wrote:

Nope. Protein is satiating, Fat and carbs are similar in all tests.

That insulin theory has been debunked many times. Even Tim Noakes now says the only reason LCHF works is because it results in eating fewer calories, although he would still claim that not eating carbs results in less hunger. Nobody stands by that insulin theory any more. Everyone agrees it's Calories In Calories Out.

1000 cal of celery is not Same as 1000 cal of table sugar

What is heavier 1000 lbs of iron or 1000 lbs of feathers?

In terms of weight loss, gain the most important thing to track is calories in, calories out. Have you ever looked at the contents of Nutrisystem meals? Trash. However, Nutrisystem limits your calorie intake if you follow it, anecdotally I have seen many people lose a lot of weight on Nutrisystem. This is because they are taking less calories than they are spending.

In terms of health, yes it is better to eat celery than sugar. But you should not be eating 1000 calories of any one thing anyways.

giver of nopes wrote:

Nope. Protein is satiating, Fat and carbs are similar in all tests.

That insulin theory has been debunked many times. Even Tim Noakes now says the only reason LCHF works is because it results in eating fewer calories, although he would still claim that not eating carbs results in less hunger. Nobody stands by that insulin theory any more. Everyone agrees it's Calories In Calories Out.

Well, thinking that it's just "calories in, calories out" certainly results in someone being full of crap. Or maybe the relationship is the other way around.

Insulin drives fat storage. Period.

diet soda

Metabolik wrote:

giver of nopes wrote:

Nope. Protein is satiating, Fat and carbs are similar in all tests.

That insulin theory has been debunked many times. Even Tim Noakes now says the only reason LCHF works is because it results in eating fewer calories, although he would still claim that not eating carbs results in less hunger. Nobody stands by that insulin theory any more. Everyone agrees it's Calories In Calories Out.

Well, thinking that it's just "calories in, calories out" certainly results in someone being full of crap. Or maybe the relationship is the other way around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzcOz38FjaU&t=0s

Insulin drives fat storage. Period.

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I like to eat my gf.

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crosscounts wrote:

What is heavier 1000 lbs of iron or 1000 lbs of feathers?

In terms of weight loss, gain the most important thing to track is calories in, calories out. Have you ever looked at the contents of Nutrisystem meals? Trash. However, Nutrisystem limits your calorie intake if you follow it, anecdotally I have seen many people lose a lot of weight on Nutrisystem. This is because they are taking less calories than they are spending.

In terms of health, yes it is better to eat celery than sugar. But you should not be eating 1000 calories of any one thing anyways.

They are not the same due to TEF and hard to breakdown fiber in the celery, which greatly diminished the amount of energy that centers the blood stream, while table sugar enter s in at 100%. This may appear as same amount if calories in a lab, but not the human body

When movie stars want to gain weight they eat pancakes, donuts, fast food, pizza, fried chicken, mac and cheese, doritoes, chips, ice cream, cake, and chocolate.

http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities/dorito-donut-diet-how-stars-gain-weight-roles

I’ve always ate simple,

I seen this and I wondered why this hillbilly don't know the difference between "eaten" and "ate."

The answer is definitely hamburgers and fried food

On top of the obvious (soda, chips, candy etc). Below are some major causes

1. processed foods LABELED with HEALTHY buzz words: granola bars, juices, cereals, crackers, all that low fat/gluten free crap

2. alcohol (binge drinking) - contains more calories than carbs or protein and doesn't satiate plus you lose inhibition and eat more

3. Cheese! This is a big one - when I went vegetarian for a year I actually gained 10 lbs, my theory is that I was replacing chicken and fish w cheese which is less nutritious

4. added fats like oil & butter - fat in nuts, seeds & lean meats are good, but there is no need to deep fry or oil up most things

5. excessive fatty factory farmed meats - ground beef, large portions of steak, bacon, pork belly

And the most important thing is - they eat things that taste really good - if you add things that taste good to something otherwise healthy - like adding, cheese, bacon, oil etc to your vegetables, you eat more food in general. You turn something that was something that you want to eat when you're hungry to something you want to eat all of the time, even when you aren't hungry.

Americans would be less overweight is they indulged in fiber.

Go to McDonalds and look at the menu.

French fries

the french , swiss eat a lot of cheese and dont have an obesity problem. have many good athletes too

San Diego Hobby Jogger wrote:

the french , swiss eat a lot of cheese and dont have an obesity problem. have many good athletes too

They do not eat "a lot of cheese", they eat cheese. An obese person who goes through a block of cheese the size of a car battery every day eats a lot of cheese. And so they have an "obesity problem."