Nutrition professor loses two stone eating cakes and crisps

[Georgiegirl]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1328160/...

Not sure if this should be here or food and drink - mods feel free to move it.

This one has really got me thinking, I mean if you are going to lose weight then this looks like one of the most fun ways to do it! But I can't believe he ended up healthier, it seems impossible.

[Morba]

NeMiSiS said:

DailyMail.

Not sure what difference that makes. The principle is correct

[E21_Ross]

what's so special about that?

bloke reduces calorie intake and loses weight. that's been known for god knows how many years. it wouldn't have been fun at all because he'd have been bloody starving, 1800kcal from pure st food isn't much in terms of mass of food. so he'd have been bloody hungry a lot of the time due to the stomach not being full, nor the food providing good satiation.

sounds better than it really is, and it's really not magic at all...

[ewenm]

So it goes to show that calories are calories and there is no magic food, just eating fewer calories than you burn to lose weight. Who'd'a thunk it?

[Georgiegirl]

Yes I understand the weight loss part- I'm not that thick! I was more interested in the fact that his cholesterol etc went down too. We are often told that weight alone is not an indicator of health, but this seems to disprove that.

[ShadownINja]

See. My K Diet would have worked, too. I bet many morons were surprised, though. I mean, his students (university!) needed it proving to him!

As for his health, who knows what ste he ate before.

Edited by ShadownINja on Wednesday 10th November 21:28

[Fatman2]

^^ LOL yeah. A nutritionalist and 15 stone 4lbs.

[ShadownINja]

Add to this, that Dr Atkins died of obesity. People in medicine don't always practice what they preach even if they know loads about their field. The smokers in medical gear standing outside hospitals always makes me chuckle.

[grumbledoak]

ShadownINja said:

Add to this, that Dr Atkins died of obesity.

Nope. A handy myth propagated by those with something to gain...
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/atkinsdiet/a/drat...

[ShadownINja]

grumbledoak said:

ShadownINja said:

Add to this, that Dr Atkins died of obesity.

Nope. A handy myth propagated by those with something to gain...
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/atkinsdiet/a/drat...

I didn't say he died because he followed his diet.

[whoami]

ShadownINja said:

Add to this, that Dr Atkins died of obesity.

Did he?

[ShadownINja]

whoami said:

ShadownINja said:

Add to this, that Dr Atkins died of obesity.

Did he?

Clearly he didn't but he didn't die from following his diet, which many do state as criticism of the Atkins Diet...

[mybrainhurts]

Morba said:

NeMiSiS said:

DailyMail.

Not sure what difference that makes. The principle is correct

It makes no difference. It's a sheepesque thing...

[grumbledoak]

ShadownINja said:

I didn't say he died because he followed his diet.

Bake your noodle:
http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_heal...

[ShadownINja]

grumbledoak said:

ShadownINja said:

I didn't say he died because he followed his diet.

Bake your noodle:
http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_heal...

No idea what you mean. I've seen the NHS lecture on youtube about saturated fats and heart disease...

[grumbledoak]

ShadownINja said:

I've seen the NHS lecture on youtube about saturated fats and heart disease...

I haven't. Linky?

[ShadownINja]

grumbledoak said:

ShadownINja said:

I've seen the NHS lecture on youtube about saturated fats and heart disease...

I haven't. Linky?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPYaVcXo1I

[Bill]

Georgiegirl said:

I was more interested in the fact that his cholesterol etc went down too. We are often told that weight alone is not an indicator of health, but this seems to disprove that.

He was eating less saturated fat and cholesterol in total, so his blood levels dropped. However, it doesn't say they dropped to healthy levels - just that they were lower.

[LordGrover]

You and your reading. Why can't you just take in the headline and assume the rest like normal people?

[Bill]

I hate the Wail - apparently he "gorged" on snacks, all 1200 calories of them

There's another headline about Angelina Jolie's figure and isn't it amazing for a mother of 6 - oddly anough they fail to mention that she adopted three of those.

wkers.