ARTICLE: Yet another study has shown that the Atkins diet works
Why is this such a controversy? Whether or not there truly exists a
"Metabolic Advantage" as Dr. Atkins used the term, there is another very
simple explanation.
For some people, if not all people, it MUST be true that:
Consuming 1,000 Kcal of Fructose is NOT metabolically equivalent to
consuming 1,000 Kcal of Bacon grease.
Why not???? I'll tell you why:
1. Not all foods have EXACTLY the same absorption in the gut. Most of the
fructose calories will be used by the body, while a greater percentage of
the bacon grease calories will end up in the toilet.
2. The energy USED by the body in metabolizing & processing is not EXACTLY
the same for all foods. Again, my hypothesis is that sugary/starchy foods
are much more easily processed by the body.
Even a 1% difference in NET ABSORBED CALORIES (between a low-carb and a
high-carb diet of equivalent GROSS calories) would be significant. I would
bet it's much greater than 1%.
If I'm wrong, then Atkins' "Metabolic Advantage" seems to be the only
logical explanation for these results.
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