Nutrition Professor Attempts The 'Twinkie Diet'
If you had to choose between a natural, balanced diet and eating junk food to lose weight, which would you pick?
Well, nutrition professor Mark Haus claims that he has lost 13 pounds in two weeks eating nothing put Twinkies and other snack cakes (plus the occasional vegetable). To further accentuate his point, he decided to pack on the pounds prior to the Twinkie binge by eating lots of natural, healthy food like whole grains and veggies:
The professor, who's coordinating the experiment with an obesity-related energy balance course he's teaching, will maintain a dietary goal of 1,800 calories per day and provide his class with regular updates on his weight and health.
Haub is closely monitoring his body mass index, body composition and blood pressure, as well as cholesterol and glucose levels. Among the adverse effects of his diet, he said, are increased triglycerides, cholesterol and blood pressure.
"Is it truly weight we should be concerned with or should it be what we eat? If we lose weight, this diet should be viewed as healthy." he says.
Haub is closely monitoring his body mass index, body composition and blood pressure, as well as cholesterol and glucose levels. Among the adverse effects of his diet, he said, are increased triglycerides, cholesterol and blood pressure.
"Is it truly weight we should be concerned with or should it be what we eat? If we lose weight, this diet should be viewed as healthy." he says.
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