tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260386.post113578677655210128..comments2024-03-13T06:54:20.063-05:00Comments on Weight of the Evidence: The Emperor has no ClothesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13260386.post-1136780128836888972006-01-08T22:15:00.000-06:002006-01-08T22:15:00.000-06:00I think you're confusing two different issues and ...I think you're confusing two different issues and two different diets here: the low fat diet and the low carb diet. They are totally separate and need to be analysed with independent studies.<BR/><BR/>I also think you'll find, if you look into the criticism of the CSIRO book, that the issue is not the higher protein diet the book is advocating, but the conflict of interest behind the book - the book is advocating extremely high intakes of red meat and dairy foods, and the small study behind the book was sponsored by the Australian Meat & Livestock & Dairy industries. <BR/><BR/>The nutritionist in question (Rosemary Stanton) is quoted as saying, "If they (CSIRO) are pushing a high protein diet, why don't they push chickpeas? They didn't try chickpeas because there wasn't a chickpea sponsor." (source: The Herald Sun, 08 Jan 06).<BR/><BR/>Such a conflict of interest would call into doubt the results of any study. Furthermore, although the authors of the book have been studying high protein diets for years, the study on which the book is based followed only 100 women for 12 weeks (source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/not-enough-science-behind-scientific-diet/2005/08/28/1125167548189.html).<BR/>The nutritionist and medico you mention are concerned because this book has outsold every diet and nutrition title ever published in Australia, although I do not agree with their request to the Prime Minister.<BR/> <BR/>On a personal note regarding low carb and low fat diets, I am finding that a combination of the two is working brilliantly. I have changed my diet (over the last four months), reducing the total amount of both fat *and* processed carbohydrates, with the result that I am currently losing just under a kilogram per week, and have been doing so steadily since September. My BMI has dropped from 30.2 to 25.7, and is showing no signs of slowing, and I look and feel much better for the change thus far.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately, the human body is a system, and what we eat in one part of our diet affects what we eat in another part of our diet. I've found that what is working for me is the standard advice that everyone knows we ought to follow: lower fat intake, lower processed carbs, eat more fruits and veggies, drink more water, and do moderate exercise.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reaching my desired BMI of 20, and have no doubts that I will easily maintain my new weight when I get there. As my diet has changed, I have found that my taste for fatty, greasy, processed foods has well and truly disappeared - I now have no desire for them. I also now drink nothing except water, sometimes with a squirt of lemon juice.<BR/><BR/>So it seems that common sense makes sense after all!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15497683565965322222noreply@blogger.com