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Originally Posted by REDLAN  I don't know about the difference between the 2 diets, however the atkins diet works because you eat less calories on it...
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Anyone think the way we count calories is completely flawed?
The current definition of a calorie comes from burning food and seeing how much heat it gives off.
What's that got to do with the human metabolism?
Seems to me, the reason we count calories is to get an indication of a food's fuel source capacity.
Given that reason for calculating a food's "calories" wouldn't it make more sense to define a food's fuel source capability by it's ability to convert to glucose in the human body?
Looked at that way, carbs would have a much higher "calorie" content than fats and protein.
Cars burn fuel. Humans convert it through chemical processes using enzymes and hormones and insulin.
I think the whole concept of calories is flawed. People aren't cars.
(and yeah, I know that's what the glycemic index is all about, but we still focus on the heat generating capability of burning food: calories)
