Twinkie Diet? GET REAL!!!!

I'm sure you've heard by now how nutrition professor Mark Haub of Kansas State University, lost 27 pounds in two months by eating what he refers to as, "a convenient store diet". His diet consisted of eating a package of Hostess twinkie's, Little Debbie Nutty Bars, and powder coated donuts, along with a serving or two of veggies, and a protein drink, daily.


WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
For one thing, a man his size generally consumes nearly 2600 calories a day. He limited himself to 1800 calories a day while on his 'diet'. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see how he would automatically lose weight simply by cutting calories, regardless of what he was ingesting! That's an 800 calorie a day deficit, equaling 5600 calories a week. As you know, 3500 calories constitutes a pound of weight, be it fat, muscle, or some of both. Right here is a loss of 12.8 pounds at the end of 2 months.


It also states Haub 'tried' to eat a healthy diet prior to his study. Tried? Come on. What's it like when you 'try' to stick with a certain diet? Let's face it, if you're going to do a study such as this, you'd better have your facts straight BEFORE you flaunt the tactless results to the public, as if you've come across some grand revelation. Everything the man ate for several months BEFORE his ridiculous study should have been meticulously recorded, date, time, amount, type, portion, etc.


Ditto Haub's termed moderate exercise he claims he performed both prior to and during his study. He doesn't even tell us what he did daily? Weekly? for his 'moderate' exercise. And by whose terms is 'moderate' anyway? His? I'm sorry, Mr. Haub, but your study holds no merit.


Mr. Haub also cut meats from his study 'diet'. Hello, this alone will have a significant impact on LDL and HDL levels, so let's stop flaunting his study as though he's stubbled across anything valid. Once he began eating meat again, his cholesterol values changed.


Yes, he lost weight. Yes, he lost bodyfat. Yes, his LDL went down, and HDL went up, but all of this really doesn't matter because there is a lot of important information lacking. 


WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON?
Well, if you want to be average, do average things: eat like average, exercise like average, attain an average education, and live an average life. However, I think most people would agree, we desire more than average. The only problem here is few people make the transition from wanting to live an above average life, to actually taking the necessary steps to bring about above average anything, in order to change their circumstances.  


BOTTOM LINE
Twinkie diet is trash talk. Do not buy into it. Obviously the junk food mainstream is alive and well, as their profit margin hasn't seemed to suffer much through economic crisis or not. 'TIGHT' teams, stay on the path. Stay focused. Do not be distracted by such rubbish. Keep your systems primed with good, clean, healthy food. Drink plenty of water, rest, sleep, play, and train! Then, and then only, will you receive the benefits of your efforts in living an above average life. There are no shortcuts folks. Hugs.