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Blame it on hunger

By Jim July 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

Weight loss is about caloric net loss.  Of course, the key lies in achieving healthful weight loss and sustainable weight loss.  Consuming 600 calories of Haagen Dazs — and nothing but 600 calories of Haagen Dazs — a day will certainly lead to weight loss, but it is also unhealthy and unsustainable. -- Andy Bellatti, Don’t Blame Obesity on Carbohydrates. On his Small Bites blog, Andy Bellatti describes himself as “one part vegan chef, one part nutritionist, and one part food policy activist” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Personal Reflection Tagged With: calories, cutting calories, low-carb, Taubes, weight loss

A calorie is a calorie, baloney is baloney

By Jim June 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

Here we go again.  The "Calories-In, Calories Out" crowd have some new heroes from down-under. They may be reluctant heroes, though. In a study presented at the American Diabetes Association's 71st Scientific Sessions this week in San Diego, New Zealand researchers compare the effectiveness of a low-fat, high-protein diet to a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet followed by groups of over-weight people with type-2 diabetes for two years.  Both groups exhibited similar decreases in weight (-4.4 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Watch, News & Commentary Tagged With: clinical study, cutting calories, diets compared, high-carb, high-protein, weight loss

The reason low-carb diets work

By Jim June 24, 2011 9 Comments

      You look trustworthy, so I’ll let you in on something. I’m going to tell you the secret of how a low-carb diet helps a person lose weight.  But first a word from our sponsor  . . . Oh, wait -- we don’t have a sponsor.  I keep thinking I ought to monetize the blog, put up a few discrete blinking ads for Carb-Free Pudding or Miracle Weight-Loss Body Lotion (in five delicious flavors!), or at least add links to my books on Amazon.com (when I get them written), but I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Low-Carb Basics, Personal Reflection Tagged With: cutting calories, diet, hunger management, low-carb, weight loss

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