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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by old-gregg on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:24PM (#17612969)
I am fatigued from reading about nutrition, everyone claims to be "not an expert, but spent a year reading studies" and then proceeds to cite studies that support their claims.

    * It's all about calories! carbs/fats/protein ratio doesn't matter [1]
    * It's all about carbs! [2]
Why don't PhDs themselves write an easy to read book about this? We have to rely on "translators" like Tim Ferris [3] and others like him [4] who cite contradicting studies.

   [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19246357
   [2] http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/23/7/948
   [3] https://tim.blog/2008/02/25/the-science-of-fat-loss-why-a-calorie-isnt-always-a-calorie/
   [4] http://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by js2 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @08:11PM (#17614084)
> Why don't PhDs themselves write an easy to read book about this?

FWIW, the only reason I submitted this link is that it was reviewed by PhD Stephan Guyenet and incorporated his feedback. What I gather from having read Guyenet's blog over the years is: it's complicated. I don't think there's a single answer that applies to everyone. Within my own household, what works for me doesn't seem to work for my spouse.

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