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Switching Your Game to Lose Weight!
If like me, you are part of a weight-loss group or know people who are trying to lose weight, you have heard this. Well, play along with your calories. Eat more one day, eat less the next. It’s a sure recipe to lose weight. It’s not.
What it is, well, a good way to not confuse your body, but to create issues with your metabolism that will get you into trouble later in life. Then there are the many tools used to “speed up your metabolism” such as Apple Cider. Believe me when I say this. It is snake oil hailing from the 19th century. And no, it does not work. Nor can you change the PH of your stomach. Nor can you detox your liver. In fact, that is the job of your liver.
What we have some evidence that may work is intermittent fasting. However, this is not recommended for everybody. Those of us who are diabetic should just steer clear. And so should people with eating disorders. Something like a bright sign that says DANGER should be put on every site pushing this, for very specific people. As always, ask your doctor.
Then there is the other reality of weight loss. It WILL slow down your metabolism, which is normal. Your body thinks we are in a famine and will try to get back to whatever your set point is. In time that set point can be reset to a lower point. But it takes time. Your body needs to get familiar with the new weight, and…