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Originally Posted by LeeH
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Interesting... I was just consulting a reknown foot surgeon (side benefit of working in the medical field) to discuss a relapse of plantar fasciatis that's seriously curtailing my exercise regimen (if you can call it that)..
We were chatting weight/plantar fascia catch 22 (hard to exercise when your feet hurt, hard to lose weight without exercise), when he dropped that same nugget (same as article above).
He said exercise is nice to do in general, but *as far as losing weight*, his opinion was that it was all about intake. He personally dropped 40 lbs in 2 years and reduced his chlesterol to silly low levels by going vegan (while laughing that he doesn't give a **** about killing animals, just focused on the medical risk), he's the only Vegan I know who's not an ass about it - said he still loves meat but has grown convinced frm the research that the stuff will kill ya - he makes all sort of "bad for you" food still, but not using milk or animal source.. just plant based... He wasn't even pushing me that way, he just emphasized that I should focus on reduced/better food intake over extra exercise. Thought it was interesting considering he's got access to a lot of research... he also had interesting comments on cholesterol and strokes (huge reduction in risk when you go <150, not the 200 that doctors use as a threshold), said he wants his stroke to kill him, not leave him drooling ;-)
Anyway, yeah, eating less and better. *MUCH* tougher than exercising for me !!