I think one of the problems with these studies is that they are still concentrating on "calories". I think the research is showing more and more that it's not about "calories", but rather some tweaks in food choices and timing. Chinese men, for instance, matched for exercise levels with American men, eat MORE calories and are skinnier.
Personally I'm liking the uric acid theory. When uric acid levels go up, so do triglycerides, and so does hunger level, and this works in a variety of animals, not just humans. Some foods do trigger high uric acid levels, some do not, and some actually lower uric acid levels. The interactions are fairly complex, which makes it harder to figure out, why one person can eat all they want, and another gets fat no matter what.
So when they are feeding monkeys a "refined carb diet" ... what carbs are they using? Fructose is the worst on uric acid levels. Wheat flour is bad for reasons other than the carb content, and usually has added iron, which increases uric acid levels. Most all sugars we commonly use are half fructose. Whole fruit can be high in fructose, but also has Vit C, which offsets the fructose.
The average person eating a traditional East Asian diet doesn't worry too much about calories, but stays thin. The East Asian diet is one that happens to not trigger high uric-acid levels, and the people eating that way do tend to consume less food, but it's mainly because they are not hungry all the time.
Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:30 AM, RickS <no3rdseat@gmail.com> wrote:
-- New study shows in monkeys that calorie restriction works only if the calories being restricted are from refined carbs...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/science/low-calorie-diet-doesnt-prolong-life-study-of-monkeys-finds.html?_r=4&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig&
-Rick
Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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