Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds

[Dan82]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08...pt=P1&iref=NS1

Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.

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.

His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food.

The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.

For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub's pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned....

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08...pt=P1&iref=NS1

[Jay]

I first read "Twinks" instead of... Twinkie, and I was like WTF.

[Paper Heart]

Too bad they also make you commit hate crimes... just sayin'.

Just another good example of how being thin is not the same as being healthy.
Nevermind. Just read the article... this may explain his apparent increase in health:

Two-thirds of his total intake came from junk food. He also took a multivitamin pill and drank a protein shake daily. And he ate vegetables, typically a can of green beans or three to four celery stalks.

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Being overweight is the central problem that leads to complications like high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, she said.

[Pseudojim]

Originally Posted by Paper Heart

Too bad they also make you commit hate crimes... just sayin'.

hahaha, i lol'd

[malachite]

wonder what his cholesterol levels were at the end?

[RedState]

Originally Posted by Paper Heart

Too bad they also make you commit hate crimes... just sayin'.

Ahhh, that's right... I forgot about Dan White's "Twinkie" Defense.

[Austin]

Ok, so what if calories are the most important part of losing weight? Just because the nutritional value of food doesn't affect weight it affects many other things. He's setting a bad example - shame on him. Even if junk food doesn't cause people to become overweight if you eat it in moderate amounts, having your whole diet consist of - saturated fats raises cholesterol. Sugar rushes from processed flour and processed sugar leads to insulin being released into the blood. Over a long period of time your body becomes immune to insulin and you get (type 2?) diabetes. (at least this is how i understand it to work) If you really eat only junk food your body will become deficient in many nutrients you need, and you will feel like crap. Diet the old fashion way of eating healthy and moderate the amount of food you intake while exercising.

[x2x2x2x2y2]

Originally Posted by jede

I first read "Twinks" instead of... Twinkie, and I was like WTF.

Ditto.