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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
We burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we'll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In the paradigm-shifting/referenced book, Herman Pontzer, PhD reveals the workings of human metabolism so that weight and health can truly be managed. Dr. Pontzer's groundbreaking studies with hunter-gatherer tribes demonstrates that exercise does not increase metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level--a brilliant evolutionary strategy to survive in times of famine. Now it seems to doom us to obesity. Refuting weight-loss hype as paleo, keto, anti-gluten, anti-grain, and even vegan, Pontzer discusses how all diets succeed or fail: For shedding pounds, a calorie is a calorie.
At the same time, we must exercise to keep our body systems and signals functioning optimally, even if it won't make us thinner. Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza move about five hours a day and remain remarkably healthy into old age. But elite athletes can push the body too far, burning calories faster than their bodies can take them in. It may be that the most spectacular athletic feats are the result not just of great training, but of an astonishingly efficient digestive system. Explore this revealing, irreverent, and entertaining treatise that will change how your clients eat, move, and live.
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- Book: Paperback, 384pp. April 2022. ISBN-13: 978-0593421048. Book preview | Author bio
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