Either intermittent fasting is magic or the fact that people ate 9% fewer calories when fasting made them lose weight
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https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/08/785142534/eat-for-10-hours-fast-for-14-this-daily-habit-prompts-weight-loss-study-finds …
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Replying to @GidMK
I read the article and couldn’t find the word “magic” mentioned once. Read it again and was unable to see where the author even vaguely implies the presence of “magic”. Why are people so pissed off about how effective intermittent fasting can be?
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Replying to @BiggestComeback
I'm not mad at any diet, just at silly reporting that makes mountains out of n=19 studies that show that caloric deficits result in modest weight loss
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Replying to @GidMK
Fair enough. It gets old, though, continually hearing low-carb, keto, & IF critics trotting out the “magic” criticism. These diets work for many who have failed w/ all other efforts. I’ve yet to hear any of the docs who recommend these diets credit “magic” for the effectiveness
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Replying to @BiggestComeback
I mean, it's a colloquialism, obviously I don't think there's actual magic involved. I do find it a bit tiresome watching people stretch to ever more tangential explanations of weight loss in diets that result in caloric deficit though
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Replying to @GidMK @BiggestComeback
One day you will get it . You are going to be so embarrassed by all these tweets when you do . Will you continue making the tweets or let everyone know too eat two meals a day , dont snack and avoid sugar , refined carbs and seed oils ?
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Replying to @AmandaZZ100 @BiggestComeback
Why would I be embarrassed? If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. When there's good evidence against my position, I'll be happy to correct it
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Replying to @GidMK @BiggestComeback
well if you define " evidence" as waiting for someone to fund studies that show that low carb and fasting > wieght stabilty due to the change in hunger signals you will be dead first ( we will still be weight stable though) meanwhile you can glory in how any people you put off.
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There are literally dozens of such studies, mostly they show that all diets are pretty much equal
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Replying to @GidMK @BiggestComeback
There are " literally " very few studies that actually do what those of us who succeed actually do . I guess its a pity the scientists don't ask us how.pic.twitter.com/q2wCqISFu0
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Your n=1 is not a study. The plural of anectode is not data.
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