What to Do Instead of Counting Calories?

August 24 2016 by in About membership, Calorie counting, Dr. Jason Fung, Low Carb Vail, Weight loss

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Most people know that counting calories doesn’t really work. But what should you do instead then, to lose weight?

Jason Fung explains it in a simple way in this interview from the Low Carb Vail conference 2016, giving you useful tips to start implementing right away.

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What to Do Instead of Counting Calories? – Dr. Jason Fung

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6 comments

1
bill
August 25 2016
Dr. E:

Dr. Fung says: "...things that raise insulin, you want to cut them down. So things like sugars, refined grains, a lot of these refined carbohydrates..."
Seems he missed your recent post: http://www.dietdoctor.com/how-different-foods-affect-blood-sugar-levels Doesn't appear to be a "refined carbohydrate"
in the lot. It's carbs. Doesn't he get that? Why does he
equivocate? If he says, "cut down on refined grains...", does that
mean he's okay with whole grains? Dr. William Davis
has shown time and time again that whole grain bread
spikes insulin as well as "refined" bread. Do you disagree
with that?

Why do you continue to post this stuff?

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Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD Team Diet Doctor
August 25 2016
"Whole grains" is usually a marketing term these days. Nothing "whole" about them, they just added some percentage of the fibre back. Still very much refined.

Likely not one single whole grain remains in most "whole grain bread" of today.
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Pierre
August 25 2016
Bread and wheat products and their cousins (rice, maize, etc ) are the first to go out in a low carb diet whether or not they are refined or even bio.
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bill
August 25 2016
Right, both of you. So, if that's the case, why
does Dr. Fung use those outdated terms?
Why not just say "carbs"? It's carbs and this
is a Low Carb High Fat blog, is it not? So why
continue with the equivocation? After all,
you posted this: http://www.dietdoctor.com/how-different-foods-affect-blood-sugar-levels

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Reply to comment #4 by bill
Pierre
August 25 2016 1
"Dr. Fung use those outdated terms?"

You can not easily erased from the memory 60 years of brainwashing .

But I agree with you, he should have made an effort because a lot of people think that whole grain are good for your their health.
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Nicolas Sabo
September 4 2018
"Most people know that counting calories doesn’t really work."

haha, [citation needed]