How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick

Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by pyre on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @07:44PM (#2385047)

  > Moreover, the type of food you're eating has at least as
  > much effect as its theoretical caloric content. 300
  > calories of raw carrots is not equal to 300 calories
  > of potato chips, as far as your body is concerned.
  > We're not calorimeters.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/...

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by tomkarlo on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @07:55PM (#2385079)

Okay, but he was eating 1,800 calories of twinkies and lost weight, which is unsurprising. How much weight would he have lost if he ate only 1,800 calories of carrots, or maybe just a normal diet?

This was an experiment without a control. Not sure it proves anything.

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