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Note that it studies meat availability, not meat consumption.

• okket 9y ago
  You get more likely fat by looking at meat? Besides that, I agree that meat is a superior food compared to sugar and it will get you more easily fat, if compared on calorie by calorie base. But this does not say anything about the addictiveness of sugar or the health problems that come from overconsumption (diabetes, etc). Will say, most people can control their meat intake (some not), but most can not control how much sugar they consume. Especially if it is omnipresent and hidden in many foods you might not suspect.
  • DrScump 9y ago
    meat... will get you more easily fat if compared on calorie (for) calorie (basis) I think that's exactly wrong. I can think of no mechanism by which, say, 1000 calories of excess fat+protein would cause more net fat gain than 1000 calories of excess carbohydrate.
    • lkbm 9y ago
      How about if one results in you later consuming fewer calories than the other by affecting the production (and reception) of leptin, insulin, and maybe a dozen other hormones?
      • DrScump 9y ago
        Yes, that's exactly the point -- meat/fat have much higher satiety than carbohydrate and less effect on insulin.