Healthy Living: The Eat Less, Move More Myth

2/3/2021

Cutting back on what you eat and getting more exercise to lose weight doesn't necessarily work. Dr. Ashley Lucas, founder of PHD Weight Loss, explains that losing weight is a far more complex nutritionally than the simple bromide suggests.

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You're watching Healthy Living

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brought to you by PHD

Weight Loss and Nutrition.

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Thanks for watching this

edition of Healthy Living.

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I'm Deborah Uroda.

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We've invited Dr. Ashley Lucas,

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founder of PHD Weight Loss and Nutrition

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to bust a few misconceptions

and common myths

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about what it takes to

not only lose weight

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but to keep it off.

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Dr. Lucas, we've all heard

that you should eat less

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and move more to lose weight.

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Is there any truth to that?

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We have been inundated

with messages telling us

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to eat less and move more to drop weight.

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When we look at the literature,

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we now know that severely

restricting calories

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is not the answer to

sustainable weight loss.

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When we severely restrict calories,

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we actually deplete our metabolism

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and our metabolism can drop

by about 800 calories a day

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and not improve.

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So it's really important

to understand what you need

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from a nutrition component

to support a speedy

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and more fast and efficient metabolism.

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The answer is not to severely

restrict your calories.

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The answer is to figure out

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what your unique body needs

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to operate at its full

capacity and peak performance.

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Thank you, Dr. Lucas, if

you'd like to know more

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about effective weight loss strategies,

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visit the PHD Weight Loss

and Nutrition website

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at myphdweightloss.com.

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I'm Debra Uroda with Healthy Living

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