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How much soda (pop) do you drink?
tomos:
BTW the video (link in first post) is very worth a look/listen (I actually listened to it in the background mostly having a look the odd time when he's showing tables).
He does ramble a fair bit at the beginning, but it is a fascinating (& scary at times) story/proof with various sciences, history, politics etc.
The most interesting thing really was that the research that 30(?) years of fat-avoidance was based on was totally flawed. Ironically the ingredient used to make up for the reduction in fat was sugar. He then shows that it was sugar that was causing most of the problems (weight included) all along.... He does touch on the problem being also related to the combination of sugar and other carbohydrates (mentions doughnuts) which could explain the 'success' of Eóin's Coke only diet. I remember years ago an aquaintance going on a mars-bars only diet (I think it was a fad for a while) - I cant remember how long it lasted - she lost weight but one day she collapsed and gave up mars bars after that :-)
mouser:
I remember years ago an aquaintance going on a mars-bars only diet (I think it was a fad for a while) - I cant remember how long it lasted - she lost weight but one day she collapsed and gave up mars bars after that :-)
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my mother tried such a scheme on my sister and i when we were young. so fed up with us eating candy was she, that she proclaimed we would eat nothing but candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, until we were sick of candy and ready to give it up.
my memory of the experiment was that she lasted for a couple of days and then had to give up the experiment due to a catastrophic failure in predicted outcome ;)
tomos:
my memory of the experiment was that she lasted for a couple of days and then had to give up the experiment due to a catastrophic failure in predicted outcome ;)
-mouser (October 11, 2010, 09:08 AM)
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hah, ye probably got totally hyper to boot (& drove her crazy)
Shades:
@Renegade:
Look here for the rich people version of the terere/mate cup (guampa) and straw (bombilla) (scroll to the bottom).
The specialist:
The common ones:
Eóin:
He does touch on the problem being also related to the combination of sugar and other carbohydrates (mentions doughnuts) which could explain the 'success' of Eóin's Coke only diet. I remember years ago an aquaintance going on a mars-bars only diet (I think it was a fad for a while) - I cant remember how long it lasted - she lost weight but one day she collapsed and gave up mars bars after that :-)
-tomos (October 11, 2010, 09:04 AM)
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My logic was just about counting calories. For example a can of coke is only about 140 calories which is the same as maybe two biscuits, but for me at least the coke is much more filling. That said I know I was taking in too much sugar, plus I probably got hooked on the stuff :-[ Nonetheless it's surprising just how little calories there is in coke, certainly less than much other, non-diet, sodas and juice drinks.
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