What a lot of prejudicial nonsense. This is just the old sins of gluttony (eating too much makes you fat) and sloth (inactivity makes you fat) in disguise. In other words, it's moralizing presented as science.

Come on, people, how about some real science for a change? I just finished reading Gary Taubes' book, and after an exhaustive (and exhausting) amount of actually reading the scientific literature, he concludes that modern diet advice is terribly unscientific.

For example, the best honest research has shown, again and again, that exercise ("burning calories") DOES NOT lead to weight loss. The body is not an automobile with a fixed energy budget. If you burn more energy, your body will demand that you eat more to compensate.

Also eating less DOES NOT lead to weight loss. Yes, starving yourself SEVERELY (a.k.a. "standard dieting") will initially cause loss, but your body will compensate by lowering your metabolism.

It just doesn't make evolutionary sense that changes in energy expenditure and energy intake will affect energy storage. The body adjusts.

What a lot of bullshit.

Alejo

Notice all the little mirror bits on the wooden spinning head? It's a disco ball for Amish dances!

On a smaller scale, this kind of thing can still be done. If you're moving to a distant new town to study at a university, just mail yourself your books, clothes and other stuff that would cost you a lot of money to bring on the airplane.