Noom Weight Loss: Dr. Berg’s Opinion

recently someone wanted to know my opinion of 
noom okay what is noom well it's a weight loss   app and then their website um they describe 
their program as an anti-diet habit and behavior   program no food is off limits their main focus is 
on calories okay you eat less calorie rich foods   and you lose weight they also have a rating scale 
with different color foods and with the emphasis   on eating more green foods like salads because 
they're less calorie and more nutrient dense   now the whole idea the whole concept is that 
you're going to increase your awareness if   you're tracking your calories and you may lose 
some weight if you eat less junk food but here's   the problems with noom the first time you do it 
it may work ask any female over the age of 50   that has done a lot of diets in your life and 
they will always tell you the same thing the first   time they went on a low calorie diet it worked and 
then each time they repeated that low calorie diet   it worked less and less and less and less to 
the point where it stopped working why because   diets in general specifically low calorie diets 
or low fat diets end up slowing your metabolism   because your body is adapting to a lower amount 
of calories so my opinion of noom it's a gimmick   it's not a long-term healthy lifestyle because 
what are you going to do you're going to do this   your whole life you're going to be tracking your 
calories or are you going to just do it until you   lose your weight go back to your other program 
gain the weight back and then start over again   so that's a big problem also they're assuming 
that all these calories that are being tracked   are treated the same by your endocrine system 
or your hormones and that is absolutely not   true there's one very important hormone it's 
called insulin that controls whether you burn   fat or not if insulin is higher than it should 
be you will not burn fat in fact you're going to   only store fat if insulin is lower your body will 
then burn fat so i think it'd be really important   instead of focusing on calories focusing 
on foods that stimulate or inhibit   insulin that would be a way better strategy 
to help you lose weight and it just so happens   that the calorie-rich foods the fats have 
a near-zero effect on insulin carbohydrates   have the highest effect on insulin with proteins 
having a moderate effect on insulin so what does   this tell us you should be in a higher fat 
moderate protein low carb diet we call that a   ketogenic diet now the other thing is when you're 
aging your metabolism is slowing down so count   your calories is not going to work especially when 
you have no food that is off limits because you're   allowing any foods including the carbohydrates 
in a certain amount also they allow snacking   and what happens anytime you eat anything you're 
going to get a little spike in insulin so if   you're snacking through the day and you keep that 
insulin high not only is that going to slow down   your weight loss but you're going to be hungry 
all the time so very simply you want to lower   your carbs that's going to decrease insulin your 
body is going to start burning fat it's going to   turn into ketones okay and then combine that with 
intermittent fasting if you haven't heard about   keto and intermittent fasting using those together 
you definitely need to know about that because   it's going to make your weight loss program 
not only a lot more effective but a lot easier   because your hunger is going to go away you'll get 
into fat burning more consistently and more long   term and you won't have to count your calories or 
track your calories at all so you have a lot more   extra time on your hands so i put those links down 
below but let's go ahead and show you some of the   results that you can get when you do healthy 
keto in intermittent fasting check this out   i was i've lost 370 pounds on keto in two years i 
lost 346.

So yeah i've had great success on it and   continuing to have success with it i started 
this journey on january 14th of 2019 this year   and um my husband made me this book because he's 
very proud of me and i've lost as of this friday   107.7 pounds and i'm in a size 6 which is now 
loose and i've never been in a size 6 probably   until i was 10. keto's changed my life i lost 120 
pounds on the keto diet and it's been incredible   i'm so happy i'm so much healthier my family is 
better i have four children so i just i feel like   a million bucks now and i can walk i couldn't 
i had i was limping before healthy keto and   intermittent fasting fasting version literally 
changed my life i lost over 40 pounds in less   than seven months and on top of that i managed to 
finish the iron man which is the single hardest   sports event in the world the single day event 
and so i ran a swim bike run and i did in total   743 miles in just under 6.5 hours it was amazing 
i was fully fat adapted and that couldn't happen   if it wasn't for the keto i lost a hundred 
pounds in one year and i'm dominican so we eat rice   beans plantains we don't know what kale is okay 
he changed my life that education really helped me   on a yo-yo diet my whole life i'm full of energy i 
feel great and i tell everybody about it trust me   everyone it's annoying i know but i'm so grateful 
to dr berg and i'm really excited to be here i   was on the last season of nbc's the biggest loser 
in 2016 got off there gained a lot of weight back   keto diet helped me take off maybe 30 40 pounds 
i've lost i gained 90 back after the biggest loser   in 18 months and lost about 30 of it through 
keto and the rest through intermittent fasting

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