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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on the local news network.
