Re:"A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of therm...
by keeptrying on Friday May 20, 2011 @03:46AM
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Its not in the article but its a very well know phenomenon. If you research "low-carb diet" or "paleo-diet" you'll find more information.
As soon as your insulin spikes due to high amount of carbs ingested, your body immediately starts to convert excess carbs into fat.
I've done very low carb diets and easily lost 20 lbs in a month even though I've never weighed over 200lbs. Its pretty difficult though.
Re:"A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of therm...
by Groxx on Friday May 20, 2011 @03:57AM
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I'm not disagreeing. I'm just pointing out it has nothing to do with the article.
After stating that the now-great-great-grandparent had missed the point of the article, they proceeded to talk entirely about things not at all contained in the article. I'm sure there's a better term for it, but the post is pretty blatantly contradictory in that way.
Re:"A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of therm...
by Confusion on Friday May 20, 2011 @04:19AM
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You are right that clp is incorrect in his suggestion that he criticizes his parent. Rather, he amends the information there with things unrelated to the article, but very much related to the general subject and, frankly, indispensable for anyone seeking to understand weight gain/loss.
Upvoted y'all :)
The only mention of carbohydrate's effect is because it's chosen as a large, easy number to reduce in favor of raising the protein amount, raising the overall inefficiency of the system. They listed, in Atkins-like diets, that shifting from 55% carbs to 8% carbs (with the change going to increased protein intake) results in about 140kcals less useful energy.
That's it. From where in the article are you drawing insulin/diabetes/hunger connections?