The last two posts on fat and carbohydrate were written to answer a few important, but relatively narrow, questions that I feel are particularly pertinent at the moment:Was the US obesity epidemic caused by an increase in calorie intake?Could it have been caused by an increase in carbohydrate intake, independent of the increase in calorie intake?Does an unrestricted high-carbohydrate diet lead to a higher calorie intake and body fatness than an unrestricted high-fat diet, or vice versa?Could the US government's advice to eat...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Friday, 13 June 2014
Food Reward Friday
Posted by Admin in: Food reward Fridays
This week's lucky "winner"... kettle corn!Read more...
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Has Obesity Research Failed?
Posted by Admin in: overweight
I frequently encounter the argument that obesity research has failed because it hasn't stopped the global increase in obesity rates. According to this argument, we need to re-think our approach to obesity research because the current approach just isn't working. Grant funding for obesity research keeps increasing in the US, and the prevalence of obesity also keeps increasing*. What gives? Maybe if we just scrapped the whole endeavor we'd be better off. Let's take a closer look at this argument and see how...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Calorie Intake and Body Fatness on Unrestricted High-fat vs. High-carbohydrate Diets
Posted by Admin
In recent posts, we've explored the association between calorie intake and the US obesity epidemic, and the reasons why this association almost certainly represents a cause-and-effect relationship. I also reviewed the evidence suggesting that carbohydrate and fat are equally fattening in humans, calorie for calorie. One valid objection that came up in the comments is that calorie-controlled diets in a research setting may not reflect what happens in real life. For example, in a context where calorie intake isn't...
