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A little venting: How do you get nutrition journalists to do their job? I spoke to @TamarHaspel 2 months ago. I suggested she interview MDs who prescribe LCHF/keto diets to their patients, to understand the passion, and ob experts who now buy into the carb/insulin/keto logic.
She had my book, The Case for Keto, which cited over 120+ MDs and she had the endorsements from leading researchers (attached). But none appear in this article. Just @whsource, a blogger, and @KevinH_PhD, and @GardnerPhD.
Claude Rains would call them "the usual suspects."
At the time, @TamarHaspel told me she didn't have time to do that kind of journalistic research: i.e., her job. Is that too much to ask?
Considering the exploding prevalence of ob and db, the public health crisis, can we get journalists to work a little harder asking why?
Finally, why is this so hard to understand?
Re "nothing can defeat the caloric balance equation," @tamarhaspel says "To lose weight you have to burn more calories than you absorb."
NO, IF you are losing weight, THEN you are burning more calories than you absorb.
The energy balance equation says the two things are equivalent--THAT'S WHY THERE'S AN EQUAL SIGN (=) BETWEEN THEM.
It doesn't say one causes the other. It says they are equivalent.
That's the tautology. That's the laws of physics.
Is keto better than other diets for weight loss?
— Tamar Haspel (@TamarHaspel) January 21, 2021
A brand new study by @KevinH_PhD sheds some light.
With comment from @garytaubes @whsource @GardnerPhD.https://t.co/eyB8G0MN3c
She had my book, The Case for Keto, which cited over 120+ MDs and she had the endorsements from leading researchers (attached). But none appear in this article. Just @whsource, a blogger, and @KevinH_PhD, and @GardnerPhD.
Claude Rains would call them "the usual suspects."
At the time, @TamarHaspel told me she didn't have time to do that kind of journalistic research: i.e., her job. Is that too much to ask?
Considering the exploding prevalence of ob and db, the public health crisis, can we get journalists to work a little harder asking why?
Finally, why is this so hard to understand?
Re "nothing can defeat the caloric balance equation," @tamarhaspel says "To lose weight you have to burn more calories than you absorb."
NO, IF you are losing weight, THEN you are burning more calories than you absorb.
The energy balance equation says the two things are equivalent--THAT'S WHY THERE'S AN EQUAL SIGN (=) BETWEEN THEM.
It doesn't say one causes the other. It says they are equivalent.
That's the tautology. That's the laws of physics.