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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gary Taubes critical reviews:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2011/05/16/thin-body-of-evidence-why-i-have-doubts-about-gary-taubess-why-we-get-fat/

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/why-we-get-fat/

http://reason.com/archives/2003/03/01/big-fat-fake[/quote]

So that author disagrees because he thinks Taubes' diet is "gross" and he weighs less than him? Not very scientific.[/quote]

If I understand you correctly, you're right --- the Scientific American blog is pretty weak.

However, the Science Based Medicine article quotes Taubes central idea and directly refutes it by linking to a systematic literature review in JAMA.  To wit:

Taubes: "[restricting carbohydrates]… leads to weight loss and particularly fat loss, [b]independent of the calories we consume[/b] from dietary fat and protein."

In other words, it's not "calories in / calories out."

However, the conclusion of JAMA's systematic review of published studies says: "There is insufficient evidence to make recommendations for or against the use of low-carbohydrate diets, particularly among participants older than age 50 years, for use longer than 90 days, or for diets of 20 g/d or less of carbohydrates. Among the published studies, [b]participant weight loss while using low-carbohydrate diets was principally associated with decreased caloric intake and increased diet duration[/b] but not with reduced carbohydrate content."

So, it's as simple as calories in / calories out.  It's not easy, but it's simple.

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