Sep 1, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
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Every week on Fun Size, we take one topic that affects us slimmers and we discuss it until it is settled forever.
What is it today, Paul?
I think this is quite a big one.
Are low calorie or diet foods helpful or harmful if you want to be healthy and lose weight?
There's two points there, I think.
I think, yes, the low calorie options will help you lose weight because it's science.
The less calories you have, the more you will lose.
However, I don't necessarily think that they are all healthy.
I think there might be healthier alternatives.
So I think, yeah, I think there's two points there.
I have never read up the effects of fake sugar on your body because I don't want to know.
The head in the
sand diet.
It's a popular
one.
So I am well aware that low... diet that things that are low sugar or no sugar that diet foods do have things shoved in them to still taste okay but are not necessarily healthy and And there are – you can, of course, just eat clean.
You can eat clean and lose weight, and that works.
It's as simple as that.
It really works.
If you eat clean, it's fine.
So no processed foods, no additives, all of that stuff.
You will lose weight, and it's that simple.
But – If you want to eat anything else and you still want to lose weight, they are throwing things in.
You can, if you want, do it healthily and you can also lose weight fast.
unhealthily because a lot of the stuff is not necessarily good for you but it won't you don't put weight on if you have it or you're less likely to put weight on or you will lose weight but it does not mean it's healthy
Every week on Fun Size, we take one topic that affects us slimmers and we discuss it until it is settled forever.
What is it today, Paul?
I think this is quite a big one.
Are low calorie or diet foods helpful or harmful if you want to be healthy and lose weight?
There's two points there, I think.
I think, yes, the low calorie options will help you lose weight because it's science.
The less calories you have, the more you will lose.
However, I don't necessarily think that they are all healthy.
I think there might be healthier alternatives.
So I think, yeah, I think there's two points there.
I have never read up the effects of fake sugar on your body because I don't want to know.
The head in the
sand diet.
It's a popular
one.
So I am well aware that low... diet that things that are low sugar or no sugar that diet foods do have things shoved in them to still taste okay but are not necessarily healthy and And there are – you can, of course, just eat clean.
You can eat clean and lose weight, and that works.
It's as simple as that.
It really works.
If you eat clean, it's fine.
So no processed foods, no additives, all of that stuff.
You will lose weight, and it's that simple.
But – If you want to eat anything else and you still want to lose weight, they are throwing things in.
You can, if you want, do it healthily and you can also lose weight fast.
unhealthily because a lot of the stuff is not necessarily good for you but it won't you don't put weight on if you have it or you're less likely to put weight on or you will lose weight but it does not mean it's healthy
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