Robert Kesterson wrote:
> ...However, I do believe that I would have been
> successful  
> at losing the weight if I had stayed with the same exact diet 
> *content*  
> and changed only the *quantity*.  So in *that* regard, I 
> don't think the  
> *content* of the diet had as much to do with it as my 
> vigilance about the  
> calories and quantities.  (Does that help?  I don't feel like I'm  
> explaining myself very well.)

Yes, thanks for clarifying you're experience--tough I don't think your
assumption would apply to most people (if it were just as easy to lose
weight by limiting calories as by changing the types of foods eaten then I
don't think that the US would have quite the obesity problem it has and
conventional diets wouldn't fail as often as they do). We can agree to
disagree on that one.

> ...  Raw nuts are a fine food, and tend to be
> self-limiting.  

Yes, I think roasting nuts probably makes them easier to digest, and
therefore, consume.

> No offense taken.  I don't think anyone has ever referred to 
> me as plump.   
> :-)
> 

:-)

> > practices. I think our perceptions of what is normal human
> weight have
> > been skewed in a similar manner.
> 
> Absolutely.  The entertainment, fashion, and advertising
> agencies have  
> seen to that.  But that's a whole 'nother discussion as well.
> 

Actually, the entertainment, fashion, and advertising agencies generally
promote a slimmer look than the actual American avg.--especially for women.
Despite this, I believe that most people view a higher weight than is
usually portrayed in the media as "normal"/"healthy."

> 20's, but I doubt much of it was muscle.  These days my arms 
> are around 14  
> 1/2", and leaner than they were in high school.  I hope that 
> means I've  
> put on some muscle.
> 

Yes, I and others (like Ray Audette) have also noticed that it becomes
easier to add some muscle on the Paleo diet.

> Ah.  Makes sense, but still seems really odd that they didn't 
> take that  
> into consideration.
> 

Yes, it was a fatal flaw in the study, but the study is still likely to
influence people for quite a while--especially since it tells them what they
want to hear (that being "a little plump" is healthy).