| I understand why he is saying that. I for example, "re-invented" a atkins or paleo diet of sorts (ie: I on my own drifted to that sort of died before knowing those terms or news on that). And it is working... But it is working not because I avoid carbs. But because I avoid non-meaningful calories, I avoid carbs, and most of the fat. The difference is: When I think I need meat, cheese, etc... to reach a certain protein goal, I don't freak out because there are fat on it. But I don't go around using mayo, huge cheese-only sandwiches, bacon like if there was no tomorrow... I eat bacon? Yes... ALso eggs! In fact frequently I eat bacon+egg sandwich. But I do that keeping track of the fat I am eating and not eating too much fat (and keeping carbs very low as I can). So, the study the guy cites work in theory? Yes, because it is tighly controlled, in real life people understand "you can eat fat" as "fat make you thin". You know, like those people that buy dieting shakes, and drown themselves in shakes and manage to consume 1000+ calories in a day only in shakes, thinking that drinking the shake that will make them lose weight. |