The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds
The study listed below seems to be very in line with the philosophy of Whole30: by eating less sugar/grains/dairy/processed foods and subsequently eating more whole/real/pure foods your body will naturally tell you when to stop eating.
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Article: The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds
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"The new study stands apart from many previous weight-loss trials because it did not set extremely restrictive carbohydrate, fat or caloric limits on people and emphasized that they focus on eating whole or "real" foods - as much as they needed to avoid feeling hungry. 'The unique thing is that we didn't ever set a number for them to follow,' Dr. Gardner said."
“We really stressed to both groups again and again that we wanted them to eat high-quality foods,” Dr. Gardner said. “We told them all that we wanted them to minimize added sugar and refined grains and eat more vegetables and whole foods. We said, ‘Don’t go out and buy a low-fat brownie just because it says low fat. And those low-carb chips — don’t buy them, because they’re still chips and that’s gaming the system.’”
"The new study stands apart from many previous weight-loss trials because it did not set extremely restrictive carbohydrate, fat or caloric limits on people and emphasized that they focus on eating whole or "real" foods - as much as they needed to avoid feeling hungry. 'The unique thing is that we didn't ever set a number for them to follow,' Dr. Gardner said."
“We really stressed to both groups again and again that we wanted them to eat high-quality foods,” Dr. Gardner said. “We told them all that we wanted them to minimize added sugar and refined grains and eat more vegetables and whole foods. We said, ‘Don’t go out and buy a low-fat brownie just because it says low fat. And those low-carb chips — don’t buy them, because they’re still chips and that’s gaming the system.’”
"Dr. Gardner said it is not that calories don’t matter. After all, both groups ultimately ended up consuming fewer calories on average by the end of the study, even though they were not conscious of it. The point is that they did this by focusing on nutritious whole foods that satisfied their hunger."
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