[gatorbob]

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<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/" target="_blank">From CNN today</a>.</p>
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<p>I don't even know what to say about this.</p>
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<p><b>(CNN) -- Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.</b></p>
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<p><b>For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too.</b></p>
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<p><b>His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food.</b></p>
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<p><b>The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.</b></p>
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[altoids]

<p>Sounds disgusting.</p>

 

[muzicgrl]

<p>It is well known that all kinds of crazy diets works. The key is that the weight just comes right back because they arent sustainable (ie nobody can live on twinkies forever) and some of these diets can cause long term health consequences if undertaken for too long because of nutrient deficincies.</p>
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<p>Calorie reduction is key but so is eating a balanced (nutritional) diet.</p>

 

[gatorbob]

<p>Well yeah, whether you gain or lose weight is dependent on nothing more than Calories In vs Calories Out.  It doesn't matter where those calories come from. </p>
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<p>So the fact that he lost weight like this isn't surprising.  What I think was more surprising was farther down the article where it said that his cholesterol numbers imporved. </p>
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<p>Altoids is right; it sounds disgusting.  I guess some people will do anything to prove something that's basically obvious anyway.  <img alt="" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/roll_eyes.gif" style="width:15px;height:15px;" title=""></p>

 

[bap]

<p>Weight loss is a product of calories in versus calories out</p>

 

[kerfwango]

<p>CNN: Doing their part for public health.</p>

 

[Timr1]

<p>Hellooo Twinkies....it's been a long time!  <img alt="biggrin.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//biggrin.gif">  Just kidding.  <img alt="smile.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies//smile.gif"> </p>

 

[airehead]

<p>It's definitely a calories in/out thing.  I think this is a slap to the food police who advocate banning one kind of food or another because it is fattening.</p>
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<p>It's not the food itself necessarily, it's the quantity.</p>
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<p>It's funny, but when I was a size 1, due to an illness, my numbers were all messed up. (cholesterol/etc)  Now, that I am not an optimal weight, (read: heavier than I should be) my numbers are perfect--even the doc says I will live to 100. </p>
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[Tech Tee]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>airehead</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71034/twinkie-diet#post_1960758"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>It's definitely a calories in/out thing.  I think this is a slap to the food police who advocate banning one kind of food or another because it is fattening.</p>
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<p>Which begs us to read this story.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/california.fast.food.ban/index.html?hpt=T2" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/california.fast.food.ban/index.html?hpt=T2</a></p>
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[AdCo]

<p>So, the guy ate approx 8 twinkees per day, 8X150 = 1200 cals.. most people would lose on that.  what happens next and did he take any other nutrition? </p>

 

[Tech Tee]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>AdCo</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/71034/twinkie-diet#post_1960933"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-right:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-bottom:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>So, the guy ate approx 8 twinkees per day, 8X150 = 1200 cals.. most people would lose on that.  what happens next and did he take any other nutrition? </p>
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<p>Well, apparently he DID eat vegetables and take a multivitamin.  It's interesting, though, that his good cholesterol went up, and his bad went down.<br><br>
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[Dennis]

<p>I could absolutely go for the nutty bar diet. Those things are awesome!</p>