Category Archives: Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)

High Protein Diets: Are they Really Low Carbohydrate Diets?

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Research suggests that high protein diets are effective at causing weight loss. For example, in a recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1, researchers used a meta-analysis to compare the effects of standard protein calorie restricted diets … Continue reading →

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Fat People are Greedy…Oh Really?

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The current paradigm suggests that fat people are lazy and greedy and this is why they gain weight. This ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of weight gain states that a positive energy balance, caused by too much food or too much little … Continue reading →

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Forced Calorie Restriction: More Evidence of Metabolic Damage

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Forced Calorie restrictive diets that attempt to coerce the body into accepting a lower level of fat mass are dangerous and do not work. That they cause metabolic damage is well evidenced in the scientific literature. Such dietary regimens are … Continue reading →

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‘Dieting’ Causes Permanent Metabolic Damage: Why Bother?

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Most people still believe the only way to lose excess body fat is to follow a restricted calorie diet. This they believe will cause a negative calorie balance that will result in the utilisation of excess body fat as energy. … Continue reading →

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More on Resting Metabolic Rate and the Thermic Effect of Food

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The resting metabolic rate (RMR) is the amount of calories oxidised at rest. The thermic effect of food (TEF) is the amount of heat produced postprandially. The RMR and the TEF are interesting because evidence suggests that alterations to these … Continue reading →

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Yet More Evidence: Forced Calorie Restriction Does Not Work

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of obesity claims that excessive weight gain is the result of greed and laziness on the part of the individual. The solution to this behaviour, we are told, is a forced regimen of a low energy … Continue reading →

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Nicotine: Raises Resting Metabolic Rate

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Epidemiological evidence suggests that tobacco smokers weigh less than their non-smoking counterparts. Evidence also suggests that quitting smoking is associated with weight gain. Some researchers have theorised that the habit of smoking may in some way decrease calorie intake, whereby … Continue reading →

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Endurance Exercise for Weight Loss: Mostly Pointless

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Proponents of the ‘eat-too-much, do-too-little’ theory of obesity claim that exercise is effective at causing weight loss. The failure of obese individuals to experience weight loss from exercise is largely dismissed as the individual not adhering to the exercise regimen. … Continue reading →

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More on the Benefits of Resistance Training

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Robert Barrington

The ‘eat-too-much do-too-little’ hypothesis of obesity claims that weight gain is a result of laziness and greed on behalf of the afflicted. The theory suggests that by forcing calorie restriction and increasing physical activity weight loss will occur in obese … Continue reading →

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So What about Fat Loss in Metabolically Normal Individuals?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Robert Barrington

Obesity is a metabolic condition and neither exercise nor forced energy restriction is effective at causing long-term weight loss. Obesity is characterised by fat deposits in and around the organs, especially the liver, that results in an increased waist to … Continue reading →

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