Cutting our sugar is more beneficial than going on a diet or exercise, a new book claims. Source: Supplied
POPULAR diet plans and exercise don't make us thinner - they just make us poorer, hungrier and often fatter, a new book says.
Big Fat Lies, by Australian writer David Gillespie, offers a devastating critique of the commercial diets followed by millions of Australians, including Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig.
He also offers a successful weight loss solution that doesnt cost a cent.
After assessing decades of medical research, Gillespie concludes that many people end up putting on weight when following popular diet plans.
Or they end up losing just a couple of kilos despite years of deprivation, expense and calorie-counting, he finds.
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Some techniques, such as shake meal replacements, do help people lose weight, but are very hard to stick to, he says.
However, Gillespie - a former lawyer turned home-grown food expert - does suggest a way forward for those who need to lose weight.
Gillespie also argues that exercise alone wont help people lose weight, as working out makes us hungrier and burns through relatively few calories
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Feeling fat? Forget about diet
