Comments on: Is a Calorie Restriction Diet Starvation? – The Renegade Health Show Episode #363 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation Thu, 24 May 2012 22:57:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nigel (from the UK) http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-40081 Nigel (from the UK) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:18:42 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-40081 Hi Kevin, I'm playing catchup as I've been busy for the last week, but here goes. I'm a diet couunsellor, dealing in VLCD diets, and see many overweight clients with the eating paterns you describe. I have experienced this way of eating myself also. There is a tendency to feel more and more bloated when eating this way. You never actually feel as though your hunger is satisfied. I have seen clients who are able to eat just the one meal in the evening, without the constant eating throughout the evening, and they too have gained weight. We call this 'starvation mode' and as a result of your body being starved of energy, it seems to convert as much as it can to fat. I'm not sure if this is a correct assumption with any scientific basis but is is an explanation non the less. Personally I'm now slowly transitioning to more raw. I have noticed being Vegan has meant that my weight has maintained for 17 weeks; a Miracle for me. I am still learning about raw and aim to experiment more. Thank you and keep it up Nigel Hi Kevin, I’m playing catchup as I’ve been busy for the last week, but here goes.

I’m a diet couunsellor, dealing in VLCD diets, and see many overweight clients with the eating paterns you describe. I have experienced this way of eating myself also.

There is a tendency to feel more and more bloated when eating this way. You never actually feel as though your hunger is satisfied.

I have seen clients who are able to eat just the one meal in the evening, without the constant eating throughout the evening, and they too have gained weight.

We call this ‘starvation mode’ and as a result of your body being starved of energy, it seems to convert as much as it can to fat. I’m not sure if this is a correct assumption with any scientific basis but is is an explanation non the less.

Personally I’m now slowly transitioning to more raw. I have noticed being Vegan has meant that my weight has maintained for 17 weeks; a Miracle for me. I am still learning about raw and aim to experiment more.
Thank you and keep it up
Nigel

]]> By: Steve http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-39426 Steve Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:28:00 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-39426 Eventhough Kevin said today's (8/4) video has been fixed, it still won't play. I restarted my computer twice. Even tried viewing on my iPhone. Same thing. Eventhough Kevin said today’s (8/4) video has been fixed, it still won’t play.
I restarted my computer twice.
Even tried viewing on my iPhone. Same thing.

]]> By: Laura G http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-39340 Laura G Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:22:17 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-39340 I have a bad habit of eating at night. Have been eating dinner after 7. I knew it wasn't good but coming off the SAD I still lost weight. Need to change my schedule. Especially now that I know what happens after a certain time. Thanks. I notice though that I am famished when I get up in the morning though if I eat late. And not so hungry if I cut the food out by 7. BTW: Volume has been low on the video. Turning it up on speakers doesn't work to make it any louder. I have a bad habit of eating at night. Have been eating dinner after 7. I knew it wasn’t good but coming off the SAD I still lost weight.

Need to change my schedule. Especially now that I know what happens after a certain time.
Thanks.

I notice though that I am famished when I get up in the morning though if I eat late. And not so hungry if I cut the food out by 7.

BTW: Volume has been low on the video. Turning it up on speakers doesn’t work to make it any louder.

]]> By: wayne http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38953 wayne Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:18:55 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38953 i have been moving toward 100% raw vegan for about two years. i have been 90% raw for about six months. when i got to 80% or so raw my sleep need decreased by about an hour per night. one month ago i began eating my heavy meals early in the day, eating only fruit after 4pm and nothing for at least an hour before bed. eating this way took another hour to two hours off my sleep needs. my diet is almost exclusively fruits and greens (salads and smoothies) plus two sixteen ounce glasses of carrot juice per day. i am 65 years old and do not remember the last year i felt this good on a regular basis. i am a little confused about your comment that on the morning after a heavy late night meal your body does not want to eat for most of the day, thus reinforcing a late night eating pattern. my experience does not confirm this. when i used to eat my heavy meal for dinner i felt fine the next morning as long as i stopped eating at least two hours before bedtime. if i ate, right up until bedtime (heavy or light meals) i woke up so ravenously hungry i felt nauseous and sick to my stomach. it is the same feeling i would sometimes get when i would become busy and work thru my lunch hour. in both instances, eating solved the problem. this seems to be in direct contradiction to what you were saying. any comments? i have been moving toward 100% raw vegan for about two years. i have been 90% raw for about six months. when i got to 80% or so raw my sleep need decreased by about an hour per night. one month ago i began eating my heavy meals early in the day, eating only fruit after 4pm and nothing for at least an hour before bed. eating this way took another hour to two hours off my sleep needs. my diet is almost exclusively fruits and greens (salads and smoothies) plus two sixteen ounce glasses of carrot juice per day. i am 65 years old and do not remember the last year i felt this good on a regular basis.
i am a little confused about your comment that on the morning after a heavy late night meal your body does not want to eat for most of the day, thus reinforcing a late night eating pattern. my experience does not confirm this. when i used to eat my heavy meal for dinner i felt fine the next morning as long as i stopped eating at least two hours before bedtime. if i ate, right up until bedtime (heavy or light meals) i woke up so ravenously hungry i felt nauseous and sick to my stomach. it is the same feeling i would sometimes get when i would become busy and work thru my lunch hour. in both instances, eating solved the problem. this seems to be in direct contradiction to what you were saying. any comments?

]]> By: andy http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38914 andy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:12:26 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38914 I think the worst is to eat late at night as paul nison says. When i stopped eating after 6pm i noticed i need less sleep, i get up about an hour earlier and dont feel tired at all. I think the worst is to eat late at night as paul nison says. When i stopped eating after 6pm i noticed i need less sleep, i get up about an hour earlier and dont feel tired at all.

]]> By: sherry http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38777 sherry Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:10:54 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38777 Hi Cannot hear you on alot of these postings Hi
Cannot hear you on alot of these postings

]]> By: Kathlene http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38688 Kathlene Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:24:46 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38688 Man it is a looooooooooooong way down here. Thanks for the video and the answer. Cooool Man. That is exactly how I eat. And I have been wondering why I am gaining or at least not losing weight. I don't eat enough that I should actually gain but I do have a slight cycle of up and down. I have learned a bunch here and I will be eating more timely if not more better. Thanks a lot for the very nice informative web sit. Man it is a looooooooooooong way down here. Thanks for the video and the answer. Cooool Man.

That is exactly how I eat. And I have been wondering why I am gaining or at least not losing weight. I don’t eat enough that I should actually gain but I do have a slight cycle of up and down.

I have learned a bunch here and I will be eating more timely if not more better.

Thanks a lot for the very nice informative web sit.

]]> By: Kym http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38596 Kym Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:47:06 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38596 Yep, night eating turned me into a blimp, well, relatively speaking. These days, I eat a lot in the first one-third of the day and then pace myself for the rest, eating to maintain energy, etc. It has helped me so much: much more energy all day and far fewer headaches. Particularly the decrease in headahces has been a wonderful discovery. The research continues. Yep, night eating turned me into a blimp, well, relatively speaking. These days, I eat a lot in the first one-third of the day and then pace myself for the rest, eating to maintain energy, etc. It has helped me so much: much more energy all day and far fewer headaches. Particularly the decrease in headahces has been a wonderful discovery. The research continues.

]]> By: Denise http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38518 Denise Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:17:33 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38518 Can not take pro biotic or eat fermented foods causes severe stomach problems any suggestion on what to eat? I am lactose intolerant. Can not take pro biotic or eat fermented foods causes severe stomach problems any suggestion on what to eat? I am lactose intolerant.

]]> By: ida margrethe http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2009/07/30/is-a-calorie-restriction-diet-starvation#comment-38468 ida margrethe Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:31:46 +0000 http://renegadehealth.com/blog/?p=1199#comment-38468 No I dont think I've ever been a night eater, cause brekky has always been my fav meal of the day and I'm not that big fan of dinner really, too big of a meal for me esp when i was living with my parents who dosnt eat that much raw food and they dont seem to think a meal can consist of only a salad aka fans of the typical norwegian dinner scheme. In the episode where Elaina Love made peach cobbler she mentions that eating the same thing day out and day in for yrs can make you allergic, this makes me a bit worried cause ive been eating the same breakfast concoction for a bit over a year, and now im worried that one day suddenly ill be allergic to strawberries! Silly i know, esp when i think about for how many years i had bread for breakfast.. Thanks Kevin, awesome information as always No I dont think I’ve ever been a night eater, cause brekky has always been my fav meal of the day and I’m not that big fan of dinner really, too big of a meal for me esp when i was living with my parents who dosnt eat that much raw food and they dont seem to think a meal can consist of only a salad aka fans of the typical norwegian dinner scheme.

In the episode where Elaina Love made peach cobbler she mentions that eating the same thing day out and day in for yrs can make you allergic, this makes me a bit worried cause ive been eating the same breakfast concoction for a bit over a year, and now im worried that one day suddenly ill be allergic to strawberries!
Silly i know, esp when i think about for how many years i had bread for breakfast..

Thanks Kevin, awesome information as always

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