Eat more to lose weight?

[Billy D]

It is said that the surplus body energy will be stored to become excess that causes obesity. This idea is popular but not necessarily right. The new idea is that the obesity is caused by energy deficiency because there is no enough energy to get the wastes out of the body. From this point of view, obesity is not due to energy excess but energy deficiency.

l Eat too much? Too little excretion.
Observe the pork from the supermarket you can see that the fat is not connected with muscles. In the same way, if we pinch the fat of a fat person, we can feel that his fat is separated from his muscles.

The lipoma can change its location and it gives the feeling that it is separated from body tissues. It means these remnants are not body tissues but the materials piling in the tissue gaps. These materials may comprise energy, but more likely to be rubbish that body is unable to discharge out.

l New idea about obesity is based on the Chinese medicine diagnosis
“People become fat gradually when the Qi and blood of body is too deficient of to discharge the wastes which accumulate in the body tissue gaps.”

Obesity is not due to accumulation of energy; instead, it is the manifestation of deficiency of energy.

In the daily life, the constitution of the slim is usually stronger than that of the fat, though they are at the same age. To the old, their Qi and blood are decreasing. At the same time, more and more rubbish in the body is accumulated. The result seems obvious --- they become fat without choice.

Then how to lose weight healthily and effectively? In the next article, we will solve this problem upon the new idea of weight-loss above.

【Tips】: What is Qi and blood?
They are described as useful materials to human body in the theory of Chinese medicine. Qi can be regarded as body energy. It includes manifold kinds, such as inherent Qi that exists congenitally, acquired Qi that is converted from what we eat and the air that is inhaled etc... Basically, blood conforms to the concept of that in modern medicine. Blood carrying Qi circulates in the meridians and provides nutrition to the whole body.

 

[heather123]

to me this is a simple mathmatical equation.
consume more calories than you expend, you put on weight.
eat less calories than you expend you lose weight.

however there are considerations that need to be observed, ie your base metabolic rate, the amount of energy your body uses at rest, the amount of activity you achieve daily.
there is an exception to the rule, eat too little and the bodies self preservation mode kicks in and stores as much energy as possible, this can result in loss of lean tissue and lack of repair occurring.
I have to admit to not fully understanding the chinese concept, however anything that says eat more to lose weight IMO is counterproductive.
regards
Gaz

 

[dokomo]

To me this makes total sense. Our way of eating has become determined by our patterns of work when ideally we would eat when hungry. After all, we drink when we're thirsty rather than saving it all up for one giant drink of water in the evening! I'm a naturally slim person and am happiest when eating little and often. It's when I follow the 'breakfast, lunch, dinner' system that I put on weight. So, little and often for me!