A Calorie is NOT Just a Calorie - New Study

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  • RuthieCass
    RuthieCass Posts: 247 Member
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    Study Challenges The Notion That A Calorie Is Just A Calorie

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    Each of the study's 21 adult participants (ages 18-40) first had to lose 10 to 15 percent of their body weight, and after weight stabilization, completed all three of the following diets in random order, each for four weeks at a time. The randomized crossover design allowed for rigorous observation of how each diet affected all participants, regardless of the order in which they were consumed:

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    On top of the points @LesterBlackst and others have made, why would the researchers have the dieters switch plans every four weeks? How do we know that the "increased metabolism" effect is really due to the low-GI diet when the diets are switched so rapidly? Seems very poorly controlled and executed.

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