The Never-Ending Diet Wars

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  • Posted By: Kachi @ 12/30/2008 11:08:24 AM

    His conclusion is correct about there being a consensus among Nutritionists re: a diet that is low in fat, low in refined carbs but high in whole grains, fruits, veggies, legumes, and "good" fats being the optimal way to lose weight and improve health. I think many of the "diet gurus" offer a path to that end, if you're wise enough to choose it...

  • Posted By: summer1216 @ 12/28/2008 1:22:19 PM

    It has no flaws! Check out the other reports, and don't listen to this one guy, who has mis-represented other diets repeatedly and is the source of some of the ugliest rumors and mis-information about them.

  • Posted By: Tanddl @ 11/23/2008 9:50:36 PM

    I'm not sure about the physiological impossiblity of losing weight even though 200 more calories have been consumed. I think that the resting metabolic rate accounts for about 60 to 75% of energy expenditure making it a big factor in weight loss. It would seem to me that if one of these diets had some impact either positively or negatively effecting metabolism; that could account for the seeming unlikelihood, as far as the number of calories.

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