The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do

Re:The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do by smtddr on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:07AM (#10425117)

>>"eat a reasonably varied diet that is calorie restricted?"

Define "reasonably" and "restricted". Otherwise, you might as well say "If everyone just did the right thing, everything would be as it should!" which has no actionable component.

>>"people who have lived on nothing but twinkies or McD for a month and stil lost weight?"

....but suffered dozens of other health problems that'll lead to an early grave.

"Super size me" -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/

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Re:The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do by kbutler on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:27AM (#10425605)

Super size me has been (politely) not reproducible, or less politely, shown to be shockingly full of crap.

http://www.sott.net/article/126285-Supersize-me-revisited-un...

http://www.cracked.com/article_20585_6-famous-documentaries-...

Moral: popular media is a horrible source of scientific knowledge

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Re:The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do by smtddr on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @01:31PM (#10426981)

Well that's interesting! I'm still convinced that living on Twinkies & McD's isn't going to result in quality health, but it's good to know the super-size-me person had to lie in his documentary.

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Re:The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do by joekim29 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @09:51AM (#10425368)

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/man-loses-37-pounds-by-eating-excl...

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Re:The Fats You Don’t Need to Fear, and the Carbs That You Do by comrh on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @10:31AM (#10425635)

This is basically the same thing as the Subway guy. He restricted his calories, fulfilled his nutrient goals and, most importantly, started walking a lot more.

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