It’s all about the energy balance
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most — not the nutritional value of the food.
The premise held up: On his “convenience store diet,” he shed 27 pounds in two months.
For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub’s pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned.
His body mass index went from 28.8, considered overweight, to 24.9, which is normal. He now weighs 174 pounds.
2/3 of his calories from junk food. He improved his cholesterol, too.
as a physicist, i have always figured using the principles of energy conservation was the way to go with a diet. however, you still need to get ur vitaminz! you don’t want scurvy. i suppose he ate a lot of flinstone vitaminz 2? gotta read the article now.