Re: A calorie is NOT a calorie!


Jim Chinnis wrote:
"TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:


Jim Chinnis wrote:
"TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

FACT: 95%+ of low calorie diets fail.

FACT: 95%+ of diets fail.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxx

That figure came from studies in the 1970's before the low carb "craze"
of the late 1990's and early 2000's. Do you have any scientific data
that says that this failure rate also applies to low-carb diets? Or are
you just guessing? Or wishing? Or hoping?

TC

I knew people on Atkins in the late 60s. They've remained fat all their
lives, with brief slimdowns here and there. Ever since the 1960s, low-carb
has been one of the diets on the short list of popularity.

I guess that is all the scientific proof needed. You knew people on
atkins in the 60s.


I'm unwilling to look up cites right now, so just say I'm making up the fact
that (at least!) 95% of weight-loss diets fail over the long haul, as well
as that most people are fat.

Unwilling? Lazy ***. Then shut the f**k up. Mind your own beeswax.
Unwilling!


I agree that low carbing, done right, will result in weight loss over the
months or maybe longer with the right unflagging motivation. I follow a
reduced carb diet myself and have done so for years. And my weight is good.
But low-carbing is only part of the reason for my success, and it's no
panacea.
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Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Low carbing is the only "panacea" that actually works. Except for
dangerous abject nutrient deprivation like that advocated by the vegan
cults. If you can remove all the processed and refined manufactured
crap from your diet, you will maintain a reasonable state of weight and
health. Real food. Real fresh whole food. Real meats from healthy
animals. Eat real food and you will be healthy and thin(ner).

TC

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