Re: The definitive study on dietary fat and weight

Susan says:

>>Compare that to low carbers in the same studies who don't have to
restrict calories, and who lose more weight, and this is important,
without experiencing hunger. Many studies have demonstrated the link
between hunger and overeating triggered by dietary glycemic load.<<

I don't insist on a one size fits all diet strategy, and neither should
you.

Low carb as a diet for the masses had its day. Two years ago, it the
the next great thing.

Everyone was buying into it. We all know people who lost weight, but a
year later gained it all back. Today, the Jack in the Box commercials
are trumpeting "Bread is back!"

Dansinger's study showed this to be true for each of 4 diets. Some
people stayed with the diets. Those that did kept the weight off.

I'm sure that the people who stuck with the diets were those for whom
the diets worked and who liked the diets. Which just proves that the
best thing is to individualize the diet for each person, based on
lifestyle, exercise, food preferences, and individual results.

None of this, however, diminishes the monumental importance of this
JAMA study.

There is a clear and undeniable relationship between fat consumption
and weight loss and weight gain, on a population level (though
obviously not on the individual level, which is why diet MUST be
individualized.)

On a population level, the higher the fat/lower the carbs, the less
weight loss and the more weight gain.

The myth that carbs cause obesity is finally and irrefutably
demolished.

What causes obesity is lack of exercise and too many calories. Higher
fat diets, taken in an ad libitum setting, have more calories, until
you get to the point of ultra high fat intake and ketosos, which is a
diet which can't be followed by the vast majority of people living in
the real world. If it works for you. Great. If Pritikin works for
you. Great also.

Here's to the demise of Diet Naziism.

Rest in peace.

- Larry W

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