Why counting calories does not work

Traditional recommended diets generally do not work, at least not without considerable suffering. These theories ignore the basic homeostasis mechanisms that control the hormones and body set weight.

Traditional diets generally use the following ideas

• Eat less and move more (wish it was that simple)

• Calories in and calories out need to match (energy in vs energy out)

• All calories are equal, whether they be from broccoli or biscuits

• If things don’t work it is because of poor will power.

• Eating regularly especially breakfast boosts the metabolism.

None of the above are helpful. The fact is not all calories are the same. This is why nearly 60% of Kiwis are either overweight or close to prediabetes. We are in pandemic, this pandemic is driven by marketing and grocery stores which are full of food with poor calories (generally refined sugar) which is causing problems for many of us.

The Diabetes Clinic was established to help people get back on track. The clinic launches an online solution to help keepo the costs of helping to a minimum. This is a serious problem and the Diabetes Clinic Doctors and Health Coaches have the knowledge to reverse weight gain, prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

For more information on our programme visit our website www.diabetesclinic.co.nz or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/diabetesclinicnz/