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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T08:00:03.000Z",
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    "Simple protein swap linked to significant weight loss in menopausal women",
    "Want to lose fat? Current protein guidelines may be holding you back, doctor warns",
    "'I'm a nutritionist - your body already makes its own Ozempic if you give it the right foods'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nFor decades, weight loss outcomes have been equated to effort, where you succeed only by burning more than you consume and moving more than you rest.\n\nBut Biohacker and author of Head Strong, Dave Asprey, found challenges while testing this approach on himself.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe credits biohacking techniques with helping him lose 7st 2lb, has attracted the attention of millions who share his conviction that human biology should be optimised.\n\nDespite committing to 90-minute workout sessions six days a week, his waist remained fixed at 46 inches. It appeared his body was refusing to cooperate despite strenuous efforts.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“Nutrition is more important than exercise when it comes to fat loss,” he told GB News.\n\nDuring the 2000s, Asprey followed a strict raw vegan regime, widely regarded as among the healthiest approaches available at the time.\n\nYet his teeth began to fracture - perhaps due to a mineral deficiency driven by compounds found abundantly in plant foods, known as oxalates.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Simple protein swap linked to significant weight loss in menopausal women\n  * Want to lose fat? Current protein guidelines may be holding you back, doctor warns\n  * 'I'm a nutritionist - your body already makes its own Ozempic if you give it the right foods'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOxalid acid, found in almonds, spinach, sweet potato, kale, beetroot, and raspberries, binds with calcium inside the body to form crystalline structures that Dave argues accumulate in the joints and soft tissue.\n\nBy eliminating these foods from his diet entirely, Dave is adamant he got rid of systemic inflammation he’d been carrying for years.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhat he added back to his diet proved counterintuitive; butter, grass-fed beef, and bacome - foods that have been villainised for decades.\n\nRather than driving weight gain, he argues that the right dietary fats produce satiety and reduce cravings, allowing the body to regulate itself more efficiently.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n“The right types of fat don’t make you fat,” he said. “They make you satiated, strong, powerful and lean.”\n\nDave eventually parted ways with his physician, frustrated that no one would explain why he felt so unwell despite doing everything right.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBut the very questions he's asking about anti-nutrients and dietary fats are becoming increasingly prevalent in orthodox circles, too.\n\nToday, he truly believes transformation requires not transformation but asking better questions about what the body actually needs.\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "'Fat doesn't make you fat': Man who lost 7st 2lb on controversial diet shares what he did differently"
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