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 and Nutrition, 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.
