Re: Reducing Bodyfat

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:55:00 -0600, "Theresa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>>> Eating a lot of fat does not cause a person to be fat. Eating more
>>> calories than one burns ***regardless of the source of the
>>> calories***  DOES cause a person to be fat.
>
>Well, okay.
>
>But surely it's easier to overeat calorically dense foods (e.g. Krispy Kreme
>chocolate creams, mmm) than calorically sparse foods (broccoli, sigh).
>
>Right?
>

Right. But calorically dense foods are not necessarily foods that are
high in fat. When I was a portly young lad, I did it with beer and
fat-free candy (gummi bears, Twizlers, whatever). I was eating a very
low-fat diet at the time - maybe 10% of my total calories.