Quote from GeeTO69:
It's all about calories franklin. There is no magic or free lunch.
I've already explained this. It is definitely not just about calories. Calories only control weight, not whether you like what you're eating, or how you feel after you've finished eating, or the ratio of body muscle to fat. Lower-carb, higher-protein diets address all of these issues.
The manager at Hardees who (skeptically) did the experiment of not eating the bun with his burgers, cutting back on fries, etc., and then saw his (and his wife's) weight drop dramatically, experienced first-hand the power of a lower-carb, higher-protein diet (i.e., he found that he could lose weight while still enjoying what he was eating). And he is not going to "fall off the wagon" since he LIKES WHAT HE IS EATING, FEELS FULL EATING IT, AND FEELS GREAT AFTER EATING IT. What he may do is adjust the content of his meals (they need some sort of fiber-rich wrap around those low-carb burgers
), but he is not going to revert back to his old ways, especially now that we are seeing so many low-carb, good-tasting products hitting the market.The anti-meat, low-fatters did almost NOTHING to help this guy over the years by telling him that it was "all about calories", or that he just lacked the discipline to follow their diets. Clever humans want it all (to have filling, great-tasting food that is also healthy), and will find clever ways to get it all. If necessary, we'll even someday "fix" the beef we're eating to address every last one of the vegetarian's concerns. (In the meantime, though, I'll be eating more poultry than beef.
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