Here is a link to a free book which may be of interest:

http://www.thefatlossbible.net/They_Are_All_Mad.pdf

Gatsby

PS. I don't know why this link hasn't appeared 'highlighted' so that you can
just click on it. Just copy it and paste it to your browser.




-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 09 November 2007 18:12
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Subject: Re: Gary Taubes's new book

Gerard Farrell wrote:
> But was he in Ketosis on his low carb paleo diet? I bet he wasn't.
> And was he in ketosis on his protein and fat only diet? I bet he was.
> And I bet on his protein and fat diet his one pound loss can be explained
by
> the loss of water.
> One week or even two weeks he would lose and then he would start to gain
> weight.
> Anyone wanna try it?
> Gatsby
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of tray.b
> Sent: 25 October 2007 19:18
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> Subject: Re: Gary Taubes's new book
>
> Thing is, even if a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, a body isn't a body
> isn't a body.  How calories are used is going to differ amongst
individuals.
>
> A fun aside, but relevant: An online acquaintance did a week-long
challenge
> in which he ate 4,000 calories each day (he tracked in a program, like
> Fitday) from meat and fat only.  He did not change his exercise regime
(not
> much of one) or anything else, just that.  He'd already been eating low
carb
> and paleo for some time AND had shed excess bodyfat along the way (he's
> tall, but quite lean), and he still lost a pound.  
>
> Anyone else wanna try it?  ;)
>
> Tracy
>   
The question is, why did he not gain weight immediately?  Let's make 
some assumptions, based on what we are told here.  Let's suppose that 
this lean person normally uses about 3,000 calories per day.  He doesn't 
exercise much.  So he's taking in 1,000 excess calories a day for a 
week, which equals 7,000 excess calories.  At 3,500 excess calories per 
pound of stored fat, he should have gained two pounds of fat in that 
week.  So even with a loss of a pound of water from ketosis, he should 
have been a pound heavier.  Incidentally, Taubes discusses a study 
similar to this, conducted at the Mayo Clinic in 1999.  It involved 16 
volunteers who were overfed by 1,000 calories per day for eight weeks.  
All were healthy, normal weight individuals.  All gained weight but the 
amount varied almost ten-fold, from one pound to nine pounds.  But this 
wasn't a lowcarb study, just a demonstration that even in a mixed diet 
excess calories don't affect all people the same way.

Todd Moody
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