Demand / market for weight loss ?

[BobTbay]

Interesting,

I was thinking of marketing a weight loss guide of some sort, it seems pretty straight forward and i think theres a lot of misconceptions about it along with misinformation which is why a lot of people have trouble with their weight loss goals. Although there are many different methods and strategies, I think there are a few things that can cause optimal weight loss that is already common information but at the same time rarely implemented.

prior I noticed a lot of overweight people when going out but recently I have very rarely seen anyone who is overweight in toronto

I am not sure the world is interested in another weight loss guide.

Weight loss guide when searched in Google comes back with 1.25 BILLION results There are enough weight loss books out there to stack to the moon, if you're not a nutritionist or a doctor, I'm not sure you could compete with the vast number of weight loss books by people who are nutritionists and doctors, and even alot of those people fail at capturing the public interest.

If it's your passion, who am I to tell you don't but it is a very crowded space, and you should know that getting into it.

 

[Rocky]

I am not sure the world is interested in another weight loss guide.

Weight loss guide when searched in Google comes back with 1.25 BILLION results There are enough weight loss books out there to stack to the moon, if you're not a nutritionist or a doctor, I'm not sure you could compete with the vast number of weight loss books by people who are nutritionists and doctors, and even alot of those people fail at capturing the public interest.

If it's your passion, who am I to tell you don't but it is a very crowded space, and you should know that getting into it.

Yeah I was thinking about that, there’s a lot already out there and it’s a tough market

 

[Rocky]

Pretty much everyone understands what they need to do they just lack the discipline to do it.

I wonder if this is true or if it’s an issue with information overload,

I know personally when I was a kid I was fat as hell and had no clue how to lose weight

I have a few relatives struggling with weight loss, a lot of the things they’re doing is not very optimal

 

[BobTbay]

I wonder if this is true or if it’s an issue with information overload,

I know personally when I was a kid I was fat as hell and had no clue how to lose weight

I have a few relatives struggling with weight loss, a lot of the things they’re doing is not very optimal

I'm not sure I would look at information overload as the root cause, I don't think fat people are getting confused by all the diet books on the shelf so they just give up.

I think it's a little simpler than that. I think it's the fact that when you eat junk food, the pleasure centers of the human brain light up like a fucking Christmas tree.

 

[Rocky]

I'm not sure I would look at information overload as the root cause, I don't think fat people are getting confused by all the diet books on the shelf so they just give up.

I think it's a little simpler than that. I think it's the fact that when you eat junk food, the pleasure centers of the human brain light up like a fucking Christmas tree.

Actually this is exactly what I believe is the cause of the weight loss issue.
Which is why I’ve switched to only eating natural/whole foods and is what I think is going to be the optimal solution to those struggling to lose weight.

I don’t think people realize how the food industry creates foods that act similar to drugs to where you’re not eating because you’re hungry or because you need food but because of the dopamine release it gives them.

The problem is most “diet” books don’t have this strategy, it’s mostly a macronutrient/caloric intake strategy, or fad diet strategy, which I don’t think works for most people in the long term.

 

[Trenbolone&Cheese]

Actually this is exactly what I believe is the cause of the weight loss issue.
Which is why I’ve switched to only eating natural/whole foods and is what I think is going to be the optimal solution to those struggling to lose weight.

I don’t think people realize how the food industry creates foods that act similar to drugs to where you’re not eating because you’re hungry or because you need food but because of the dopamine release it gives them.

The problem is most “diet” books don’t have this strategy, it’s mostly a macronutrient/caloric intake strategy, or fad diet strategy, which I don’t think works for most people in the long term.

the only issue i see with this approach would be cost. for some people, the $1.50 costco hot dog may be the only thing in their budget. Of course 1 hotdog won’t inherently make someone fat, but the food quality at lower prices is obviously horrendous.

And this is no way me disagreeing that this approach is bad, or that money is the only reason for obese people making bad decisions. I think it’s definitely a factor though.

Lower taxes on farmers, make quality food more affordable, and offer the correct resources/information for free would be my idea. Not that the information isn’t free, but the most publicized is “wow! look at aqua man eating nothing but ice cubes and saltines!”

 

[Musclemaker]

the only issue i see with this approach would be cost. for some people, the $1.50 costco hot dog may be the only thing in their budget. Of course 1 hotdog won’t inherently make someone fat, but the food quality at lower prices is obviously horrendous.

And this is no way me disagreeing that this approach is bad, or that money is the only reason for obese people making bad decisions. I think it’s definitely a factor though.

Lower taxes on farmers, make quality food more affordable, and offer the correct resources/information for free would be my idea. Not that the information isn’t free, but the most publicized is “wow! look at aqua man eating nothing but ice cubes and saltines!”

Farmers are already some of the lowest taxed people in Canada and most of their inputs are heavily subsidized. It’s the middle men between the farmer and the consumer who are getting rich.

 

[Trenbolone&Cheese]

Farmers are already some of the lowest taxed people in Canada and most of their inputs are heavily subsidized. It’s the middle men between the farmer and the consumer who are getting rich.

You’re not wrong about the middle man getting rich. However, any taxation on farmers indirectly raises prices on the consumer. This carbon tax shenanigans for example may only make up like 1 billion combined dollars across all farms in canada. The ability to say their cost increase (by a small portion) thus allows them to sell for higher prices to the middle man (higher than the new cost comparatively,) who can then claim because they pay a higher price, they can raise prices on the consumer. It’s all a domino effect. Plus farmers are some of the hardest working people, making way less than they deserve for their labour. No reason to punish someone with taxation for providing food to the nation.

 

[Musclemaker]

You’re not wrong about the middle man getting rich. However, any taxation on farmers indirectly raises prices on the consumer. This carbon tax shenanigans for example may only make up like 1 billion combined dollars across all farms in canada. The ability to say their cost increase (by a small portion) thus allows them to sell for higher prices to the middle man (higher than the new cost comparatively,) who can then claim because they pay a higher price, they can raise prices on the consumer. It’s all a domino effect. Plus farmers are some of the hardest working people, making way less than they deserve for their labour. No reason to punish someone with taxation for providing food to the nation.

No one should be paying a carbon tax. Farmers aren’t being punished, they get far more tax breaks than the average Canadian. Everyone should pay the same amount of taxes regardless of what your occupation is.

 

[Rocky]

the only issue i see with this approach would be cost. for some people, the $1.50 costco hot dog may be the only thing in their budget. Of course 1 hotdog won’t inherently make someone fat, but the food quality at lower prices is obviously horrendous.

And this is no way me disagreeing that this approach is bad, or that money is the only reason for obese people making bad decisions. I think it’s definitely a factor though.

Lower taxes on farmers, make quality food more affordable, and offer the correct resources/information for free would be my idea. Not that the information isn’t free, but the most publicized is “wow! look at aqua man eating nothing but ice cubes and saltines!”

Its pretty cheap to eat healthy actually, im pretty stingy with my food and can get food for 1 week for $30 but I usually spend $50, I think people just need to be educated with how bad processed food is, I think the general population thinks processed food is normal food just from the marketing/social norms.

I personally think monosodium glutamate is the problem, it seems to cause an issue with insatiable hunger and it's in all the processed foods these days, fast food or processed foods, most of it has monosodium glutamate.