Thursday, January 5, 2012

Water is Wet! Eating Too Much Makes You Fat!

In a new paper in JAMA the authors conclude:

Among persons living in a controlled setting, calories alone account for the increase in fat; protein affected energy expenditure and storage of lean body mass, but not body fat storage.

Holy Flying Cows, Batman! Calories have always been the determinant. This was funded as follows:

This study was supported in part by the US Department of Agriculture grant... and by funding from Louisiana State University.

We have observed that for generations. I am amazed that someone would fund this again and again, but it is the Federal Government and Agriculture at that. We all knew the conclusion. Is it any wonder that people are frustrated over Government and Health Care.