Comments on: The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Diets http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/the-top-ten-most-ridiculous-diets/ Change Your Life to a Healthy Lifestyle with Quick & Healthy Dinner Ideas, Tips to Losing Fat, plus the latest news on diet, fitness, and the obesity epidemic Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Legion... http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/the-top-ten-most-ridiculous-diets/#comment-203 Legion... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:50:26 +0000 http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=282#comment-203 I found the inclusion of Apple Cider Vinegar a bit unusual when there are so many other daft "celebrity" diets to choose from. In fact, it probably has more science behind it than the vast majority of other diet methods. One scientific study showed, by accident, that vinegar (not necessarily Apple Cider Vinegar) had the effect of making you feel full for longer: “Furthermore, the rating of satiety was directly related to the acetic acid level.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16015276 A researcher at Arizona State University, Carol Johnston, has also been looking at vinegar: “After her initial experiment, Johnston conducted a longer study in which subjects consumed vinegar twice a day for four weeks. She wanted to see if vinegar would lower cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, it didn’t, but it did make subjects drop pounds.” http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/vinegar.html As Apple Cider Vinegar obviously comes from apples, it should contain pectin. And there is a little more scientific research into pectin and weight: “CONCLUSIONS: Pectin in doses as small as 5 g mixed with orange juice increases satiety and can aid in a program to reduce weight by limiting food intake.” http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/5/423 Another study concluded: “As pectin induces satiety and delays gastric emptying in obese patients, it may be a useful adjuvant in the treatment of disorders of overeating.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3169489 I have looked quite a bit at the science behind weight loss, and am not entirely convinced that its all just “eat less and exercise” – I think there are other factors involved. Have a look at the document below. It would probably be at number 1 on everyone’s list of silly diets, as its sounds ridiculous, but at least there is some theoretical, cutting-edge, research behind it. And it worked for me… http://www.scribd.com/doc/3399557/The-Skinny-White-Mice-in-the-Lab-Diet I found the inclusion of Apple Cider Vinegar a bit unusual when there are so many other daft “celebrity” diets to choose from. In fact, it probably has more science behind it than the vast majority of other diet methods.

One scientific study showed, by accident, that vinegar (not necessarily Apple Cider Vinegar) had the effect of making you feel full for longer:

“Furthermore, the rating of satiety was directly related to the acetic acid level.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16015276

A researcher at Arizona State University, Carol Johnston, has also been looking at vinegar:

“After her initial experiment, Johnston conducted a longer study in which subjects consumed vinegar twice a day for four weeks. She wanted to see if vinegar would lower cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, it didn’t, but it did make subjects drop pounds.”
http://researchmag.asu.edu/stories/vinegar.html

As Apple Cider Vinegar obviously comes from apples, it should contain pectin. And there is a little more scientific research into pectin and weight:

“CONCLUSIONS: Pectin in doses as small as 5 g mixed with orange juice increases satiety and can aid in a program to reduce weight by limiting food intake.”
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/16/5/423

Another study concluded:
“As pectin induces satiety and delays gastric emptying in obese patients, it may be a useful adjuvant in the treatment of disorders of overeating.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3169489

I have looked quite a bit at the science behind weight loss, and am not entirely convinced that its all just “eat less and exercise” – I think there are other factors involved. Have a look at the document below. It would probably be at number 1 on everyone’s list of silly diets, as its sounds ridiculous, but at least there is some theoretical, cutting-edge, research behind it. And it worked for me…

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3399557/The-Skinny-White-Mice-in-the-Lab-Diet

]]> By: hb http://fatfightertv.com/blog/2008/06/the-top-ten-most-ridiculous-diets/#comment-186 hb Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:58:21 +0000 http://fatfightertv.com/blog/?p=282#comment-186 I like the vinegar diet idea. Obviously, there are other ways to consume vinegar rather than "taking shots"...sauerkraut, pickels, etc. Hello. Plus, its purported to be an appetite suppressant---not kill appetite. And besides, no diet works without exercise and other common sense measures. I like the vinegar idea...because I like vinegar...and because I'm smart enough to realize it won't work by itself, but may be a little help in the long fight to zap fat! I like the vinegar diet idea. Obviously, there are other ways to consume vinegar rather than “taking shots”…sauerkraut, pickels, etc. Hello.

Plus, its purported to be an appetite suppressant—not kill appetite.

And besides, no diet works without exercise and other common sense measures.

I like the vinegar idea…because I like vinegar…and because I’m smart enough to realize it won’t work by itself, but may be a little help in the long fight to zap fat!

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