The Twinkie Diet? Really?

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A nutrition professor used himself as the experiment; his premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most — not the nutritional value of the food.

The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.

For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub's pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.

Fortunately, he does say that he does not recommend replicating his snack-centric diet….

Does anyone really need a reminder that a twinkie diet is not a great, sustainable way of living?

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