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Lyle McDonald - Fat Loss Adaptations, Water Retention & Leptin

Sigma Nutrition Radio

Danny Lennon

Sigma, Dietetics, Evidencebased, Nutrition, Training, Health & Fitness, Science, Diet, Fitness, Evidence, Bodybuilding, Health

4.8626 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2015

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Lyle McDonald is on the show to discuss the metabolic adaptations that take place when dieting, the connection between cortisol and water retention and the role of leptin in dieting and weight regain.

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0:00.0

Episode 65 with Lyle MacDonald.

0:04.0

The energy balance equation is perfectly fine.

0:09.0

The numbers on the outside have changed, and that's where people tend to really go wrong in that interpretation.

0:14.0

Some people had seen about 100 calorie per day drop, but some folks it was like 250.

0:22.8

Some people's bodies hate them more.

0:26.9

I'm now way more convinced that short refeeds, and by short I mean, you know, five hours

0:31.5

to one day, probably aren't doing much.

0:34.4

And you know, if you've got a woman who's, you know, the deficit is predicting a pound

0:39.8

fat loss per week, if she's holding 10 pounds of water, you're not going to see anything

0:44.1

happen for 10 weeks.

0:45.3

And it will look like the diet is completely failing. Hello and welcome. My name is Danny Lennon and you are listening to Sigma Nutrition Radio.

1:06.8

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1:11.8

of manipulating body composition, achieving phenomenal performance, or becoming a truly elite

1:17.6

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1:20.0

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1:25.5

in nutrition, sports science, and health, as they break down

1:29.7

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1:33.8

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1:39.0

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1:47.0

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1:53.4

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1:59.3

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