Dr. J reveals his weight loss secret!
Contributor: “Dr. J”Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50 miles a week and flies a Cherokee Arrow 200.
A diet secret this doctor will tell you about!
I have a diet secret to tell you about! I suppose I should keep it to myself until I write the book, which, with this diet secret, will make me Bill Gates’ neighbor, but then I really like living in Florida, and besides, I already know one of Bill’s neighbors (he was sleeping on the bus next to Dr. J-Senior) and he didn’t have much positive to say about it.
But more about this secret! For one thing, it’s not only very low cost, or possibly free, but it will save you money! Now for the good stuff. I can guarantee you might save at least 1,000 calories a week using my secret! This of course will lead to a significant weight loss over time. Somewhere, as a conservative estimate, in the range of almost 15 pounds a year!
This is comparable or superior to the results of year long studies of sustained weight loss of any diet drug,
or diet system available today!
In addition, you do not run the risks of drug side effects or allergies, or the various problems attributed to diets that recommend a very high or very low amount of one of the basic nutrients.
In addition, my secret has the potential to lower blood pressure and improve diabetes, by decreasing the amount of salt and sugar or high-fructose corn syrup in your diet.
The Secret: Water!
We all know that drinking clean, safe water is important and that water serves several important functions in maintaining our health.
Functions of water in the human body
- Water is essential for digesting food. It is also important for getting rid of various toxic elements from the body, in the form of urine, sweat and fecal matter.
- Water helps to cushion our joints and prevents shocks.
- Water in blood is the carrier of oxygen and nutrients to our body cells.
- Water in lymph (a fluid that is part of our immune system) helps the body fight against diseases.
- Water helps regulate and maintain our body temperature.
- Water prevents dehydration and thus helps to maintain proper metabolism in our body.
Water, however, can also be our weight loss secret!
Water will dilute and diffuse the calorie, salt and sugar content of food and drink!
I discovered my weight loss secret when I was looking for a way to eat fewer calories, yet eat the same foods. One of the ways I have found to improve a dish is with the use of condiments. Being a label reader, I was initially shocked at the high level of calories, sugar, HFCS, and salt in condiments I like to use.
Why do we need to be a prisoner of the food industries Franken-food creation departments? Their job is not to provide a good product, but to provide a product that will addict you and keep you addicted. They do this with these ingredients.
I decided to dilute their products to a more reasonable calorie, sugar, HFCS and salt level. Guess what? They still tasted good enough, and I was saving plenty of calories by just adding water to the product. I also use my secret ingredient, water, with diffusion, to soak every high-sodium product I can to get the salt out!
You will have to experiment and slowly adapt to how much dilution and diffusion will work for you. As you get used to the more normal level of flavor and seasoning, you will see your consumption of calories, sugar, HFCS and salt decrease. This secret can be used with any sauce, soup, condiment or high-salt product.
This is not hype; water really works. There are already many thousands of people out there in the world who are using water to control and maintain their ideal weight. Millions of years of human use supports the safety and efficacy of water.
Here you are then with a product that can make you lose weight straight from the tap. All you have to do is use it.
Most diet secrets promise the same things:
- Lose weight fast
- Burn fat fast
- Never be hungry
- Eat the foods you love
- Eat anything you want
- Results last forever
- Reshapes your body
- Easy to follow
- Increase your energy
- Guaranteed success
Well, water delivers! (Well water also delivers.)
Water! Doctor tested and approved!
If for any reason you are not 100 percent satisfied with water, my weight loss secret, simply return to me for a full and prompt apology, shipping cost excluded, and please, use a spill-proof container!
Results will vary depending on your needs and utilization of my secret.
Of course, I would like to see all of you using my secret with a healthy diet and exercise program. However, even without that, this small lifestyle change will be a first step in the right direction.
Related posts from the CalorieLab Calorie Counter News archives:
- Is positive thinking the secret to weight loss?
- Secrets the diet sellers don’t want you to know
- Lab Notes: FDA Approves Telaprevir to Treat Hepatitis C; Cultured People Are Healthier, Happier
- Diet blogs: Life happens
- Lab Notes: Clues to H5N1 Mutations in Lab Kept Secret; New Hydrocodone Could Spur More Abuse
I LOVE water! I hope you don’t get any returns in leaky containers. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog :)
I agree… water does not get the praise and attention it deserves!
Vered!
Happy Holidays!!
I guess I’m lucky, because I don’t have to make any special effort to drink plenty of water. I like water and feel thirsty throughout the day. I know that for some it’s a real struggle.
Roy!
As Indiana journalist John B. L. Soule once said, “Go West, Young Man,” and you will find it :-)
Sagan!
Nice suggestion with the not fried, stir fry :-)
Walter!
I hope we will continue to share our simple gifts :-)
This comes as a surprise for me. While many are using artificial means to losing weight, the most effective is right in front of them. Very interesting. :-)
Hehehe. Water is super! I like using it in things like stir fries, too; no need for oil if you’ve got some water, especially if you season it or let the veggies simmer in it so it’s broth-like.
Wait, “water”? Where can I get this “water” you speak of, and what exactly does it look like?
Oh, and since you’re a Dr., can I get you to write me ab water Rx…? Refillable of course. I promise I won’t re-sell to kids.
Epic column my man!
Phil!
When I lived in France, they told me that water was for bathing, not drinking
:-)
Lance!
LOL! Good one :-)
Brandon!
How do you get it through TSA :-)
John!
Classic comment!!!
Tricia!
Just doing my part :-)
Merry!
Downhill most likely :-)
Water way to go!
Wow! Groundbreaking, earth shattering, amazing!
Hey Dr. J! I knew some bartenders that used to subscribe to this method (although for different reasons). :)
I might try this on salad dressings as that is the one fairly high fat content food I still eat sparingly.
Dr. J, I put away at least a gallon of water a day. I get uber dehydrated when I fly, so I guzzle the water. And unlike you passengers in back, I get my own big bottle. :-)
But hey, you want your pilots healthy, right? ;-)
Can you email me your address?
Dr. J, I put away at least a gallon of water a day. I get uber dehydrated when I fly, so I guzzle the water. And unlike you passengers in back, I get my own big bottle. :-)
But hey, you want your pilots healthy, right? ;-)
Dr. J,
…and I’m drinking a glass of water as I read this! And now…I’m also giving myself a high five for drinking that water while reading here. (I’m typing with my toes so I can do all of this other stuff with my hands…)
Water rocks!
So wait. You take your ketchup, or bbq sauce, or what have you, and cut it with water? Hmm. HMMMM.
I’m going to have to think on this one. I haven’t drunk water in years (been sticking to my revolutionary champagne diet since it made me a millionaire in 2002), but maybe this is worth a try. Or maybe cut ketchup with champagne..?
Eleanor!
Now you tell me :-)
Andrea!
I’ll split the profits with you :-)
POD!
Make that, praise me :-)
Bob!
THE BOOK will need a few chapters from you, please :-)
Jody!
I plan on giving away copies to all my commenters. I’ll take it off taxes :-)
YOU ARE A GENIUS! Plus I don’t have to buy the book now so I save money too! :-)
I do a pretty hard core workout so I like a little flavor in my water. When Propel is on sale, I buy that & water it down so it lasts me twice as long! Love the suggestion to do that with condiments too! I am pretty good with portions BUT I am going to keep this in mind for sure!
It works especially well with bottled salad dressings, which are frequently thick enough to be applied with a fork. Dilution makes them easier to pour, considerably less caloric, and with no appreciable loss of flavor. Probably works with store-bought gravies, sauces and the like as well.
Oh, the secret is finally revealed! Praise be!
Agreed. Water is great! By the way, you stole my weight loss secret! But I’ll let it go this time… ;)
LOL! but also sad: since there’s little or no money to be made from water, unprocessed food, fresh air, and exercise, we latch onto weight-loss gimmicks instead, which are, not coincidentally, much more profitable.