> actually, almost ANY diet works. if you are over weight and reduce your calorie intake: you.will.loose.weight.period. This is absolutely false. 1) there's o

> actually, almost ANY diet works. if you are over weight and reduce your calorie intake: you.will.loose.weight.period. This is absolutely false. 1) there's of course the obvious cas where you're consuming 5000 kcal/day and burning 2500, and then cut that to 4000 kcal consumed -- still gonna gain, albeit more slowly. 2) less obviously but perhaps more importantly, reducing caloric intake can reduce metabolism (because your body thinks food is more scarce) and therefore also reduce calories out! 3) the types of foods you eat help determine whether your body stores the energy as fat -- which is triggered by insulin. Replacing fat calories with sugar calories (as was done extensively in the late 20th C rush to low fat foods) even if the total caloric intake is slightly lower can actually accelerate weight gain.