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Food does have properties (not arbitrary) that make them good or bad for weight loss. I agree, calories count. But if you eat food that makes you hungry, it is
by WillPostForFood 10y ago
Food does have properties (not arbitrary) that make them good or bad for weight loss. I agree, calories count. But if you eat food that makes you hungry, it is harder to cut calories. The reason low-carb high fat diets work is that you feel full on fewer calories.
- jwdunne 10y agoThis is it. Its easy enough to say that only calorific intake is a factor. It is but there are many indirect factors that influence the success of a regimen. I'm not gonna eat my daily allowance in spoonfuls of sugar am I?
- notyourloops 10y agoAll calories are not equal. Ask a diabetic to chow down on carbs. The body clearly doesn't treat all the macronutrients as interchangeable units of energy. To say, "a calorie is a calorie" helps none and allows people to behave as thought-terminating parrots.