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There's a flaw in your logic.

True; obese people aren't just eating too much sugar, but also fat (and protein), but the problem is still the sugar.

The sugar makes you hungry, making you able to eat more fat (which is highly calorie dense). If you cut the sugar (and other high GI/II carbs), you will eat a lot less of the rest.

Sure, the problem in calorie intake is the combination, but eating just fat and protein is fine, while eating only carbs and protein is definitely not.




> The sugar makes you hungry, making you able to eat more fat (which is highly calorie dense). If you cut the sugar (and other high GI/II carbs), you will eat a lot less of the rest.

Do you have any credible research on this? I'd be interested to read it.


Sure, do you mind if I just link-dump? Otherwise let me know:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24819342

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16129086

Low carb AND low fat https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139783/

This paper is often quoted when talking about eating regularly vs rarely (IF), in which the subjects were given meals with 70/15/15 of carbs/protein/fat, in which regular eaters consumed less: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10578205

This is a paper on a similar trial with 60/14/26 and 49/25/26 macro comp instead, with opposite results (meaning you were full longer when eating less carbs): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4034047/


Except for the people who get fat without eating almost any sugar and just eat plain old starches. Not everyone enjoys sweet things.


People are idiosyncratic, and not only that, dynamic. For many things we'll always find exceptions. What matters is understanding solutions that (a) work for many people and (b) work for each individually. Those solutions aren't necessarily the same.


Sure, but if you read my entire post I accounted for this. You could just s/sugar/carbs/ in my post if you'd like.




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