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Hey guys! I made the site and someone brought the post to my attention. I'm out right now and probably won't be able to reply to any comments tonight, but of course all of your feedback is incredibly valuable to me and I'll try to reply ASAP.
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> natural, unmodified food ie whole foods, and yes this is pretty much the only dieting advise you need.
No. The only dieting advice you need is to keep your calorie content in a reasonable range (roughly equal to expenditure to maintain weight, less than expenditure to lose) and make sure you're getting enough nutrients. It's possible to lose weight on a Twinkie diet. The person who did also improved his cholesterol levels: His LDL dropped, his HDL went up, and his triglycerides went down. http://articles.latimes.com/2…
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No. The only dieting advice you need is to keep your calorie content in a reasonable range (roughly equal to expenditure to maintain weight, less than expenditure to lose) and make sure you're getting enough nutrients. It's possible to lose weight on a Twinkie diet. The person who did also improved his cholesterol levels: His LDL dropped, his HDL went up, and his triglycerides went down. http://articles.latimes.com/2…
I think it was Einstein who once said, "knowledge is not about what you've learned, it's about what you've managed to unlearn.". The old "calories in, calories out" adage is one of those things you have to unlearn, because as much as it seems to make sense, modern science has shown us that it's simply not true. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5X0i92OZQ&feature=youtu...
It's simple thermodynamics. It can't possibly be not true unless human bodies are magic.
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No. The only dieting advice you need is to keep your calorie content in a reasonable range (roughly equal to expenditure to maintain weight, less than expenditure to lose) and make sure you're getting enough nutrients. It's possible to lose weight on a Twinkie diet. The person who did also improved his cholesterol levels: His LDL dropped, his HDL went up, and his triglycerides went down. http://articles.latimes.com/2…
Sure it's possible to lose weight on a Twinkie diet but who would actually recommend that instead of just plain, simple eating healthy through whole foods?
This sounds like the Naturalistic Fallacy, which is sadly common when it comes to discussing food.
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adnature.html
It's also not entirely relevant, in that you're changing the topic: My whole point is that it's apparently possible to lose weight and improve your cholesterol on a Twinkie diet, not that it's necessarily desirable or anything else.
My larger point is that foods are not necessarily good or evil. Demonizing foods is idiotic. So is idolizing them. They must always be evaluated in context.