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May 14, 2004:
Why
Are We Fat?
Interview
with Dr. Jay Kenney, Pritikin Longevity Center
Mike
Carruthers:
With all the reduced fat and fat-free foods available, why is
it that...
Jay Kenney:
We're a lot more fat people today than ten years ago. Obesity
is the fastest growing nutritional problem in the United States.
Dr. Jay
Kenny, nutrition research specialist at the Pritikin Longevity
Centers, says there is new evidence that it isn't just the fat
in your diet that counts.
You should
also focus on cutting back on anything, even if it's fat-free
that has a lot of concentrated calories, so this would include
things like sugars, and breads, and crackers, all your fat-free
cookies, and cakes. These are not friends to people who want
to lose weight, because their calorie density, the concentration
of calories in those foods is still very, very high.
And Dr.
Kenny says those calorie dense foods tend to be less satisfying
per calorie.
So you
end up eating more calories before you feel full, and in the
long run people who eat more calories before they feel full
end up gaining weight.
So what
can you do to lose weight? Well first you have to give up the
fantasy that there's a quick way to do it.
How long
have people been told they ought to eat more fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, the beans, cut back on junk-foods, and fast-foods,
I mean, this isn't going to come as any mystery to anybody,
but the reality has not changed. I mean these are the types
of foods that are making us fat.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net,
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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