Re: "Science writer blames obesity, disease on carbs."

Another point: I've been calling for a nutritional science based upon
comparison of the effects of actual diets, rather than the current
approach, which essentially takes diets apart, often in a nonsensical
way, then examines the various "associations," "links,"
"characterizations," "correlations," etc. Medical science is doing
similar things these days with "markers," often indirect ones. With
my approach, a diet that people might actually eat is compared to
others based upon biochemical evidence. For example, my obese
relatives like to eat knishes. I took a look at the nutritional
information on ones they like, and each serving had 29 grams of carbs
("simple," obviously) and 6 grams of fat, but only .5 of a gram was
saturated. With my approach, two diets would be compared, one that
included these kinds of items (which are very common) and one that
included "simple carbs" with the reverse fat profile. For example, a
local store sells mint fudge cookies that have 8 g of fat per serving,
7 of which are saturated. I eat these kinds of items, but would never
eat those knishes. However, I never eat such items by themselves, but
rather always have something that is rich in high-quality protein with
it.


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