A jolly good read!

Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind a post from a 'lurker' but whilst
having a homesick hour today, I was browsing the BBC website and found
the following:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon...instrans.shtml

It makes very interesting if not long winded reading (it is the
programme transcript) but it raises some interesting points. Given the
last post I've just read was about the people ejected from a US
restaurant, this should help to redress the balance some.

I'll go back to lurking now

An interesting article, but there is a point where I think they go off
track. They conclude that appetite suppression is caused by protein and not
fat. This is based on a study where they varied fat content of identical
food. THE FOOD WAS SPAGHETTI!

It may be that high carbs and fat does not suppress appetite better than
high carb without fat. However, high fat with low carbs (20 to 50) does
suppress appetite. The Atkins "Fat Fast" depends on it.

There is one other distinction, the difference between stopping hunger and
causing a stuffed feeling. From my own experience fat clearly stops hunger,
but I'm uncertain if fat is the key to feeling stuffed. (I try to avoid
doing that to myself).
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Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind a post from a 'lurker' but whilst
having a homesick hour today, I was browsing the BBC website and found
the following:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon...instrans.shtml

It makes very interesting if not long winded reading (it is the
programme transcript) but it raises some interesting points. Given the
last post I've just read was about the people ejected from a US
restaurant, this should help to redress the balance some.

I'll go back to lurking now