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Pros
The author explains in great depth how the human body uses calories or energy in a language that, although very science-y, is easy to read and understand. The methodology forms the basis of most of the book- similarly digestible, careful review of hum... Read More
He breaks down why exercise does not increase the total daily calories burned. To lose weight, one must consume fewer calories than they burn, overall.
I'm more of a psychology guy than a biology guy, but pontzer was able to break down how the body functions in a simple way.
Pontzer is witty and winsome in his writing and i found myself listening to parts of this book as raptly as if i were listening to a mystery novel. There are still a few concepts i may need to go back and revisit, but his overall thesis was easy to gr... Read More
Cons
Author ignores if the hadza are actually healthy and ignores the last part of the book. If you have none of these issues, then the calorie in calorie out formula is more straightforward.
If he had studied and discussed people with multiple body types globally, and the types of food they eat, i think he would have been more credible.
The book is more of a dissertation on evolution than anything actually useful. The greatest flaw is that it is completely different from what is advertised. The author tries to justify why humans evolved to be such freaks of nature--the weird ape.
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Quality
Your human metabolism is adapted very successfully to conserve your resources, not burn up more than you need to keep the species going.
It is the scientific foundation on top of which all the trendy diet fads are trying to build (and this book can help you unders... Read More
This book has incredible original research and clearly proves exercise is not the right tool for weight loss.
It doesn't get into somatotype, which would be useful (far more useful than bmi), to help explain how body types are on a bell ... Read More
Packaging/appearance
They are all very well presented in an engaging, lighthearted and, most importantly, interesting way.
Competitiveness
He also compares humans with great apes.
Using a double labelled water method, he explains how the hunter gatherer hadza tribe in tanzania and modern western society, d... Read More
From observing and measuring the hadza, pontzer discovered that despite burning much more energy in physical activity each day ... Read More
It's jared diamond meets metabolism, but more data based compared to jared diamond.
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- This product had a total of 1,191 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 18 2024.
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A nutritional anthropologist usually finds that the good reliable work is locked in impenetrable scientific latin the popular books are wildly wrong
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It is very good for you preventing all kinds of deterioration but it doesnt burn much if any fat
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is not because it consumes no energy but because without it you would be fidgeting worrying nervously walking around the house getting inflammation which can be serious and otherwise wasting energy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You do burn a lot more energy if you get serious about exercising
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Or you could just do farm work
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One critic took exception with my finding that my fisherfolk friends in hong kong 60 years ago burned 5000 calories a day for an adult of good size when fishing the critic had looked up 34fishing34 in a reference book and found it was at most moderate exercise
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I had to respond that handdrawing full nets while trying to control a sailing boat on the stormy south china sea is not the same as languidly throwing a hook and line into the potomac barge canal
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The most longcontinued demanding exercise commonly experienced in the world is pregnancy and birth a pregnant parturient and nursing mother runs through an appalling amount of calories
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