Yesterday I watched a PBS show on obesity. PBS in the US is the Public Broadcasting System. They are self funded, I believe, only by viewer contributions and have no commercials. They are touted as presenting only bona fide, non-biased, scientific information for the public good.
This show featured a moderator and a panel of experts - a cardiologist, a GP, a weight management director who is also a bariatric surgeon, Bob Harper (a fitness coach and celebrity) and a woman who was formerly obese until she had a gastric sleeve. It was so disheartening to watch. All of the doctors and individuals conceded that it is difficult to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle in our culture of highly processed, convenient foods. They all encouraged eating ālean, clean and greenā and incorporating a moderate amount of exercise. The cardiologist discussed the correlation between obesity and hbp, high cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. For some people who were morbidly obese, they discussed that drastic measures (gastric bypass) are sometimes the only solution, and it is not the easy way out. I watched and just felt depressed by it.
We all here are sitting on the answer and it works. To me, itās a very livable, sustainable way of eating for not much of a sacrifice compared to conventional dieting. Once the carb cravings are gone (I never had those from the get-go), and you become fat adapted, former binge foods become just a passing thought that is easy to dismiss. My lifelong problems with weight, illness and malaise are all gone now by following keto and now zero carb. I watch people who havenāt found the way and it breaks my heart for them.