george

For a frightening look at America's recent obesity epidemic see
http://www.bantransfats.com/obesitymap.htm

There's been a lot of talk in SMC about promoting heart health through
exercise and limiting food intake rather than by focusing on type of food
consumed. Harvard comes down on the side of the 2PD (though not in those
words) at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats.html where they
say:

Most studies show that over the short term, a low-fat diet does result in
weight loss. But many diets show such benefits over the short term. On the
other hand, low-fat diets appear to offer no substantial advantages over
diets with fat levels close to the national average.

Although more research is needed, a prudent recommendation for losing weight
or maintain a healthy weight is to be mindful of the amount of food you eat
in relation to the amount of calories you burn in a day. Exercising
regularly is especially beneficial."

George

jim chinnis

I believe that the context makes pretty clear that by "the amount of food you
eat," they mean as measured by calories, not by weight.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

dr. andrew b. chung, md/phd

Thank you for the link :-)

Humbly,

Andrew


--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com

dr. andrew b. chung, md/phd

Actually, there is a clear difference between being "mindful of the amount of
food you eat" and being "mindful of the number of calories you eat."

Many are now becoming cognisant that the latter is essentially impossible.

Moreover, had the authors been thinking about food calories, they would not have
started with

"Although more research is needed..."

It is research proven that when calories out is greater than calories in, that
weight loss occurs.


Humbly,

Andrew

--
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
http://www.heartmdphd.com