Doug Freyburger wrote:
> NYC XYZ wrote:
> >
> > What makes a diet "calorie-restricted"??
>
> And how do you map rat results to human results? If they even DO map.
>
> Note that rats are fed a high carb grain based diet. Reduce their feed
> 30% and they live longer. The calorie people will point at the reduced
> calorie count and say eat less. The carb people will point at the
> reduced carb count and say eat low carb. The grain intolerance
> people will look at rats and ask "mooo?" figuring rats eat grain and
> are therefore related to cattle. The vegans will point out that the
> rats
> aren't getting meat are the ones that are healthy.
>
> We can't put a bunch of humans in cages for their entire lives and feed
> each set a different number of calories and see how it comes out 120
> years later.

No we can't put a bunch of humans in cages for their entire lives and
feed each set a different number of calories and see how it comes out
120 years later. But we can look at the simple fact that more than 95%
of people who try to lose weight by counting calories FAIL.

Forget the calories. They are a waste of time.

TC