No. It's not true. People doing HCLF raw vegan can eat a little more and not gain weight because of the way a higher portion of the calories is offset by their higher fiber intake, so a higher amount of the calories taken in is not metabolized by the body and just goes out as waste. But there is still a limit you can eat before you start gaining. If you could eat a literally unlimited amount and not gain then it would have to be calorie free because that's scientifically impossible given what a calorie and a macronutrient is.
calories are still calories, you consume too many and it will go to your fat storages if not used.
if you think 3000 calories means eat as much as you want then sure.. I suppose. but to another person, "eat as much as you want" could mean 10,000 calories.
I don't eat 3,000 because that's too much for me and I don't have the best digestive track. But I eat around 2,500. I don't think you can eat as much as you want and not gain weight but just eating 2,500 calories is so high that I don't think you'd be able to get into a zone where you'd gain.
But I personally don't know any high carb vegans that have eaten so much that they've gained fat.
I eat tons and I'm still losing fat.
If you take more calories than you burn, it will turn into fat. But it is true that long chain carbs, burn more slowly and also need more energy to burn, so they will give less fat for the same amount. And eating healthy fat is not a problem. Burning fat also requires a lot of energy. Its unhealthy, short chain carbs and alcohol that are easily turned into fat.
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If you want a healthy diet, you are doing it wrong. You need protein. Your body can convert protein into carbohydrates but it can't convert carbohydrates into protein (protein contains nitrogen and carbohydrates don't). For this reason, you are starving your body for protein with your diet and giving it the worst possible thing... carbs.
You also need potassium for DNA and RNA which you get in meat for the most part.
Look at this link. This guy has it right: www.maxworkouts.com/.../8-diet-and-exercise-tips-to-stay-young-healthy
I am a vegetarian but my goal is to become vegan one day:
Vegans lose a lot of weight and remain skinny because their metabolism is extremely high. Meat and dairy products take a lot of processing in your body due to the high density of nutrient content (an excess is very easy to reach in today's average diet.)
No to much of anything will cause you to gain weight. It's all calories no matter where they come from.
no... all foods contain calories more or less
I think they don't know how to count calories.
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