15 more weight-loss tips

This is weird.

Yesterday I posted a blog about a list of 15 weight-loss tips which are worthless.

Well, I just found another list of 15 tips. What is it about 15?

Anyway, out of this list of 15, I could only find three tips that are any good (better than yesterday’s list in which I could only find one good tip).

What’s interesting is that a couple of the bad tips from yesterday also showed up on this list:

* Drink more water
* Eat small meals throughout the day

This is amazing to me. This type of advice — which is based on absolutely no scientific evidence — is almost universally accepted.

For example, I’ve done the research on water. It turns out that NO ONE knows where this idea came from. People have gone back into the medical literature looking for some study which suggested drinking more water was a good idea and nothing could be found. Instead, there have been plenty of studies showing water consumption has no effect on weight.

But, despite the research, drinking more water is on almost everyone’s list of weight loss tips.

But, at least this list had three good ideas — which have some scientific support:
* Avoid the latest weight loss diets
* Take notice of your food
* Drink less soda

However, with these three mixed in with twelve tips which are worthless, the author isn’t doing anyone with weight problems any favors.

Allen Oelschlaeger
Author of Finally, the Straight Scoop About Weight, Nutrition, and Fitness