Exercise Alters Our Microbiome

Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by Cthulhu_ on Monday January 08, 2018 @05:46AM (#16095896)

Yup, what I'm usually missing in those is the actual difference in calorie intake. Going vegan for example will reduce a lot because you'd naturally eat less fats. Going carb-free, same story. They're probably more popular than counting calories because there's Rules to adhere to, which is more easy than trying to guess how many grams of pasta are in your plate.

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by sethammons on Monday January 08, 2018 @07:54AM (#16096361)

> what I'm usually missing in those is the actual difference in calorie intake...

Check out "That Sugar Film," it was on Amazon Prime when I saw it. Highly recommend.

In it, he goes from a zero-sugar diet to a "recommend healthy amount of sugar" (and from "healthy" sources — he is not eating candy) while maintaining the same calorie count and exercise routine.

Spoiler: he gains weight and inches and develops a fatty liver.

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by lozenge on Monday January 08, 2018 @08:39AM (#16096600)

He went from zero refined sugar to 200g of sugar a day. The average in America is 125g and nobody would recommend anywhere near either amount. He also only ate packaged foods - presumably no vegetables, rice, pasta etc. It's hard to see how any lessons can be learned from this.

And as for the talking heads he chose, well... http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_exa...

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by sethammons on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:09AM (#16097187)

Thanks for the link. I had no idea. Up until 2yrs ago, it appears that the WHO recommend up to 50g of sugar per day and recently reduced that to half that.

I still think there is a lesson to be learned. If we can assume his calorie intake remained the same (which he claims, but given your link, who knows), we can say that the source of the calories matters. I've met a few people who only subscribe to calories in vs calories out.

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by lozenge on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:05PM (#16099081)

When I tried to find a recommendation for sugar I mostly found "added sugar should be no more than 5% of your calories". Eg https://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/how-m...

By keeping his calorie intake the same but replacing all foods with those containing added sugar, he really tipped the scale. I suspect with more calories he might have gained some weight but would feel better and not have that liver issue.

I've never seen an honest documentary on nutrition.

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by astura on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:59AM (#16097599)

Added sugar recommendations are always given as "no more than X grams per day." In other words, it's an upper limit and less is always better.

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by astura on Monday January 08, 2018 @08:56AM (#16096711)

I didn't know anything about the film so I looked it up.

Spoiler: the summary given in this comment is not accurate and the film spouts a bunch of quackery.

He didn't eat he "recommend healthy amount of sugar," that would be no more than less than the equivalent amount in a can of soda.

He didn't get liver disease.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_exa...

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Re:Exercise Alters Our Microbiome by sethammons on Monday January 08, 2018 @10:10AM (#16097197)

Just got that link in the other sibling comment. Thanks; quite interesting.

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