tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post426685640984223640..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Astonishing breakthrough!Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-10385939881636234532009-03-12T19:04:00.000-04:002009-03-12T19:04:00.000-04:00The researchers didn't actually study how many cal...The researchers didn't actually study how many calories anyone was burning so your original comment seems a little misleading. The ways people burn calories are complex. The control of energy intake is similarly complex. And the research basically showed yet again that somehow all this dieting doesn't actually end up getting people thinner for very long, for physiological reasons that we know very little about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-3499444908066727902009-03-05T14:37:00.000-05:002009-03-05T14:37:00.000-05:00It is true, EB, that there are many reasons why yo...It is true, EB, that there are many reasons why you might want to be concerned with the mix of macronutrients in your diet, most importantly the glycemic index. And of course you need adequate protein. But that is separate from the issue of weight loss.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-48769497163806451832009-03-05T13:33:00.000-05:002009-03-05T13:33:00.000-05:00Also, just to point out, I wouldn't put my woodpil...Also, just to point out, I wouldn't put my woodpile in the garage. Too many nasties tend to take up residence in woodpiles and at the end of winter you have one heck of a mess to sweep out.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>-EBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-90882619025642499642009-03-05T13:30:00.000-05:002009-03-05T13:30:00.000-05:00just to point out - the different woods you in you...just to point out - the different woods you in your example burn differently (at different rates, produce different amounts of smoke, etc). The point being that if pine burns faster than maple, in order to keep warm you will need to burn more pine (bring in wood from the woodpile more often). If maple burns longer than pine, you will not go through the wood in the woodpile (and will have excess wood left over even if you bring in the same amount of maple as you would pine). If you burn cheaper wood, you will need to have your chimney swept more often.<BR/><BR/>Yes, yes, you need to burn more calories than you intake, but spending money on nutrition studies isn't a complete waste. And yes, carbs affect your body differently than protein (just ask some diabetic about this). This doesn't mean that there is some magic protein diet you can use to lose weight but that being educated about what you put in your mouth (not just how much) is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Just think that this was a little too knee jerk and the analogy wasn't compelling. - EBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-23795220499409917962009-02-28T21:14:00.000-05:002009-02-28T21:14:00.000-05:00"Now can we stop spending money to prove stupid st..."Now can we stop spending money to prove stupid stuff that we already know?"<BR/><BR/>fat chance.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-42424987801042027752009-02-27T10:36:00.000-05:002009-02-27T10:36:00.000-05:00We have a term for this type of study: Discoverin...We have a term for this type of study: Discovering The Obvious.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-68577418010816067782009-02-26T18:05:00.000-05:002009-02-26T18:05:00.000-05:00Yes, I'm probably too flippant about this. While t...Yes, I'm probably too flippant about this. While this was not actually a scientific question, we probably needed to go through the exercise to get people to stop all this nonsense with the Atkins Diet, the South Beach Diet, the Scarsdale Diet, the Zone, the Grapefruit Diet, the Lutefisk Diet, the Moldy Brussels Sprouts Diet, and the Ramalamadingdong diet. Just stop eating as much, okay?Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-14378491764958321652009-02-26T16:29:00.000-05:002009-02-26T16:29:00.000-05:00next thing you know, you're gonna start ranting ab...next thing you know, you're gonna start ranting about how wasteful volcano monitoring is [on accounta, they don't have volcanos in louisiana], and how boy-scout skills are better than fema.<BR/><BR/>just kidding! wonder-diets are really terrible, though, because they nearly always fail and make the dieters feel like failures -- because they are all designed for fast short-term losses, and they do not take individual tastes into account, nor overall happiness. and formal diets are solitary ventures, mostly, whereas eating together is a satisfying social event. <BR/><BR/>it's not by accident that breaking bread together is in the bible; nor that having snacks at a meeting ups the chances of people being friendly, even if they begin with opposing positions. <BR/><BR/>a happy person who can find affordable healthy and tasty food, share it with friends, and have moderate exercise in ways that are fun to them personally, and indulge in a few treats without feeling like a failure -- that is someone likely to get to a good weight for themselves and stay there.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com