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There's no number you *should* aim for. You can eat as little or as much protein as you want for breakfast. Heck, you don't even have to eat breakfast if you don't want to. Do whatever you prefer the most.

Good call. TOTALLY CAUGHT MY BLUFF. I'll rephrase by saying you are not required to stay up to date on newly published scientific articles as a nutritionist. You receive your certification, and you're done. You don't have to know how to critique a scientific article, you don't have to stay up to date on literature, you…

Everyone should have high standards for proof. We're talking about our health, our diets, our life. If someone is going to tell me low carb is THE best, they better have undeniable proof. You make me sound like a crazy person for having set my bar really high when it comes to defining what is true and what is not proven to…

Sugar does not make you fat; excess calories will make you fat. Period.

Nor paleolithic cream puffs?

Ice cream has a lot of sugar, though. Usually.

Bingo. No single food or macronutrient will make you fat until you eat more calories than your body burns. This is a physical law of nature.

What do you believe glycogen capacity to be, exactly? 100g carbs? 200g carbs? 400g carbs? How many carbs do you think we're able to store before we undergo DNL ( de novo lipogenesis - conversion of carbs to fat). Correct, and same question stands - how do you define "excess"? When, according to you, does liver and muscle…

Well considering you were making fun of me for informing you of a null hypothesis, and clearly uninformed on how scientific evidence/debate is performed, it wouldn't have surprised me had you not been informed on what a confounding variable is. By "we" I mean the scientific community. The scientific method brings color…

Yes. If you want to prove low carb is the best, then it MUST be empirically done. How else would you go about proving the superiority of low carb? What is your definition of "sufficient evidence"? Based on a group of peoples' experiences? Just because low carb is best for YOU doesn't mean it's universally the best. It…

Double post.

Unused sugar is turned to fat? What about glycogen? Did you forget that carbs are stored as glycogen? I'm not talking about red kidney beans, though. I asked about white rice and vegetables, where there will be an overall lack of protein. The diet will be overwhelmingly carb-based. In terms of weight loss, you said you…

I don't care about this. I don't care about Youtube videos. They misconstrue the direct evidence which is the research publications themselves. If you want to prove a point or your beliefs, cite peer-reviewed literature as I have done to support mine. You have yet to do that as you continue to quote blogs and websites…

I've never seen a video that cherry-picks and misrepresents data so badly. It's just astounding. Although it's a shame, really, as it just tries to create more dietary demons for people to panic about. http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-about-fructose-alarmism/ You can see a debate of the literature…

Well you're not citing direct evidence; you're just citing opinions based on his interpretation of research studies which you are withholding. Furthermore, I DID attack his work. His explanation of carb metabolization in the human body in the movie Fathead was HILARIOUS. He said carbs get converted to and stored as fat…

You just keep on copying and pasting websites that have yet to cite a single study and pretend it means anything. Good luck!

HAHA, YOU'RE QUOTING DR. EADES. Oh, this is rich. After his appearance in Fathead and his absolutely hilarious synopsis of carbohydrate metabolism and subsequent insulin response. Oh, my. Let me guess, you've got Dr. Lustig's opinion on HFCS ready and waiting to copy and paste next.

No, I don't believe so. Even in diets with poor macronutrient balance, it's still fat that is the major fuel source when compensating a caloric deficit - specifically a deficit that is not too steep. A high protein diet will increase the amount of fat that is used as fuel, indeed, but insufficient protein doesn't…

@freerange - all of these quotes from studies mean nothing without you citing the actual study. It's meaningless. For all we know this was research done on people with diabetes, or insulin resistance, or some metabolic disorder. Meaningless without the direct source. Post your sources.

It would still be predominately fat that is lost. It's not what I would recommend for fat loss, either, but first she brought up weight loss and then she brought up general health, and so now I'm asking her a question in response to that. Is a diet of 1,600 calories, almost entirely carbs (300 - 400g carbs), unhealthy?

Also see the study titled, "Ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets have no metabolic advantage over nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diets." Compares 30g carbs to 160g carbs. Or, "Comparison of weight-loss Diets with different compositions of fat, protein, and carbohydrates."

Nope. The results of that are interesting, though in the minority of results. Such as: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15632335 - same design with different findings.

Haha, full time studying for the GRE, not much studying accomplished today :[ Then hats off to you for experimenting, finding what works, and sticking with it.

What? Is this in regards to low carb dieting? I don't laugh off the data, because the data shows low carb is not superior...I don't understand. When did I laugh off low carb data? The low carb data SUPPORTS MY POSITION. Why would I laugh that off?! It solidifies my argument. Again, for non pre/post-menopausal, elderly,…

Just made him look more ignorant. It's okay, this is good, he's being taught how to do statistics and logical, formal argument.

Did I say the weeklong comment was regarding that study at all? I'm saying low carb often does lose weight quicker in the short-term due to WATER loss given carbs hydrophilic properties. You said there was more weight loss, and I'm saying that's not surprising whatsoever. That's expected. Find me a relevant study lasting…

If you make the claim that low carb is the best diet then you have to prove it, as the null hypothesis would tell you that the low carb diet is not the best diet (remember: not the best =/= the worst =/= worse than others: simply means not THE best). I stand by the null hypothesis, which states that, generally speaking,…

Now let's say it's 400g of white rice with some vegetables in there. All carbs. Does that change your stance, or do you still think they won't be healthy? Not talking about people with type II diabetes. They have a clinical condition requiring special attention. We're not talking about general health - your comment was…

His point is really only valid to those with insulin resistance, really. Which is a minority of the general population. Do you think your results came from reducing carbs or increasing protein? Or both? Realize that's what we call a confounding variable, yet you attribute your toning up to reducing carbs when it's possible…

Because the adherence rate to a low carb diet is not 100%. For those people, inherently, a low carb diet is not best. Some people, like myself, thrive off carbs. Most of my family does. I could not stick with a low carb diet for more than 2 months. If you want I can post research showing that people could not adhere to the…