The women handling red meat thing came from an amateur female nutritionist.
Personally, I'm against drinking of alcohol altogether (with the exception of wine and rubbing alcohol and any other alcohol used for medical reasons).
According to your advice, then why do women usually struggle harder than men with weight loss?
I don't think your amateur female nutritionist has done enough research. I'm not a nutritionist at all, although I do look for the scientific basis for claims... why are you asking me these questions and not this amateur nutritionist?
I hope you don't drink rubbing alcohol!
As far as women struggling harder than men to lose weight, I believe it's for a variety of reasons:
1. I think it's more acceptable for men to be overweight, so it's not as much of an issue with men (at least here in the U.S).
2. Society expects women to be model-thin, which is unhealthy and very difficult to maintain.
3. Although most women are smaller than men, I think they eat the same amount of food as men do--especially women who live with their significant other. My TDEE is 1,800 calories a day, but my husband's is about 3,000. If I ate the same amount he does, I'd weigh 300 pounds.
4. Women gain weight when they get pregnant. After the baby is born, they don't get enough sleep because they're up frequently at night taking care of the baby. Research has shown that those who don't get enough sleep are often overweight. So women have a double-whammy here: the weight gain from pregnancy, plus the difficulty of losing weight after the baby is born because of lack of sleep.
5. Women are less likely to be involved in sports, especially women with children.
no no no! Of course you don't drink rubbing alcohol! lol. What I meant is I don't have a problem with the use of rubbing alcohol to kill bacteria with the proper procedure.
The reasons you listed, I agree. The big one is the unrealistic standards set by the mass media that women need to get to and maintain, which will kill you faster than a morbidly obese person if you're not Ectomorphic because of nutrient deprivation. I talked to a woman a few days ago(she was hardly overweight), she told me she ate whatever she want because she couldn't be as skinny as a super model (Pretty much, society convinced her that if you can't look like Paris Hilton, you're going to look like Rosie O'Donnell).
About women gaining weight during pregnancy, I can't say for sure, but I've have been told that this can be prevented but it is not easy. From what I know, women do get weird food cravings when they are pregnant which is one of the main issues. I've actually seen women who looked like themselves again after they had their baby and those women I saw maintain healthier eating habits than those who just let themselves go because now they have their man and don't need to look sexy to attract one.
But on the baby one, I couldn't agree more. Sleep is very important when it comes to weight, ESPECIALLY for women! (some time ago when I looked up about female weight loss, it stated one of the top reasons why women have difficulty losing weight is due to lack of sleep).
I'm glad you listed them because I need an opinion straight from a female who is into fitness.
