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Eat Indian curry to lose weight

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Ugh. People need to stop looking for the "magic bullet" to weight loss. Eat more vegetables, lean protein sources and less starches and sugar. It's not complicated, but it is no free-ride either.

Oh yeah, and get some exercise once in a while.

People need to stop looking for the "magic bullet" to transportation. You can walk, ride a horse, or take a boat. It's not complicated, but there's no free ride either.

;)

Some of us would prefer to spend less time "exercising", eat anything we want, and continue to be healthy and trim anyway. That's not yet possible, but it seems possible that it will be.

> spend less time "exercising", eat anything we want, and continue to be healthy and trim anyway.

Perhaps you would like a pony as well?

Here in Italy they grill them up (well, horses, not ponies), and they're quite good.

Eating a lot of Indian curry isn't eating all you want :-)

No, but since I like curry, it's a step in that direction. ;)

Weight is definitely a complicated issue for many people, which should be evident by the amount of research still being done on the subject of weight gain and loss, and what really constitutes a healthy weight for people.

Weight itself is not a complicated issue. Eating healthy is not a complicated issue. Staying in reasonable shape is not a complicated issue. Unfortunately, many people overcomplicate it. It is easy to observe that the people who overcomplicate it, are the same people who believe that since it's simple, it should be easy.

Eat half the portion you are served at restaurants, and eat slowly. dont eat unless you are hungry. following those simple guidelines ive lost 15 lbs in 3 months

How very misleading. The active ingredient is curcumin, not curry.

The rice and naan isn't going to help one bit with your weight loss, and curry is boring without them.

While I agree that turmeric (cucurmin) has a substantial number of medicinal capabilities, I disagree with the title of the article.I took the time to find out that research paper, and the professor says verbatim

"Again, based on this data, we have no way of telling whether curcumin could prevent fat tissue growth in humans.Meydani said. The mechanism or mechanisms by which curcumin appears to affect fat tissue must be investigated in a randomized, clinical trial involving humans." [http://nutrition.tufts.edu/docs/pdf/releases/090518_Meydanit...]

Unless its proved, we can't assert that "Indian curry will help you lose weight." The title should have been "Indian curry MAY help you lose weight."

Or to be true to the actual researcher "Turmeric helps mice to lose weight - applicability to humans unknown".

Yes, because everyone knows there are no fat people in india.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_India

Reality is that these people are the rich lot in India;their life style in general and food habits in particular more closely resemble western than Indian.

By that I don't in anyway suggest that Indian diet would help lose weight. I have no idea ....

Ironic that they don't mention the capsaicin from the chili peppers, which can temporarily speed up someones metabolism.

If you ate lots of small portions a day, just enough to boost your metabolism then there's a high chance you'd lose weight. However, if you want this effect then you might want to buy a pack of jalapeno's and mow down on one every half an hour or so.

It's not ironic, the research, in fact, didn't actually involve curry or chilli peppers, only turmeric (one of the ingredients of curry).

Might be true. I want to see what they mean by "high-fat diet". It's hard for outsiders to interpret nutrition research; insider they don't list specifics enough.

But cumin and tumeric are quite powerful antioxidants: http://oracvalues.com/ (Look on the left)

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