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The Calorie Myth: How To Eat More And Exercise Less With The Smarter Science Of Slim (2013)

by Jonathan Bailor(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0062267337 (ISBN13: 9780062267337)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Harperwave

review 1: Some notions are good. The science is interesting and often eye-opening. The interpretation of some of the data is sometimes irritating. For example: The author (intentionally?) misinterprets the statement that people are, on average, eating 500 excess calories per day and have been doing so for quite some time. He - almost mockingly - wonders why we're not all 1000 pounds overweight if we've been eating 500 excess calories for so long. Um... because there comes a point where those 500 excess calories are simply maintaining our overweight? If I should be eating 1200 calories per day for my proper height, weight, and activity level, and I'm instead eating 1700 calories, I'm not going to balloon up and up and up until I explode. Instead, I'll probably be about 50 pounds over... moreweight, and those 500 excess calories are merely maintaining that overweight. For the price I paid ($1.00 on Kindle), I won't complain too much, but I'll certainly not recommend it to anyone.
review 2: I have previously in my life, rationalized my body weight by claiming my 'set-point' was genetic and thus I could do little to change it. This book presents the theory that the 'set-point' is in fact, determined by your diet. Well, I have, in fact, changed my diet, and damned if my "set-points' seems to have adjusting downward by 20%. This is a low carb lifestyle book. It debunks "calories" as the end-all of dieting. It is worth reading, especially if you want to lose some real weight and keep it off. less

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