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Nutrition professor discovers miracle weight loss secret by Jerry Whorebach 11/17/2010, 6:04pm PST
(CNN) -- Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.

For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too.

His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food.

The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.

For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub's pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned.

His body mass index went from 28.8, considered overweight, to 24.9, which is normal. He now weighs 174 pounds.

They don't say what he's going to do now that he's "normal". Write a book, I guess?
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Nutrition professor discovers miracle weight loss secret by Jerry Whorebach 11/17/2010, 6:04pm PST NEW
    Eat 1 M&M a day, you lose weight. Hence, M&M's are diet food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Last 11/17/2010, 7:47pm PST NEW
        It's even more misleading than that, because he was ALSO eating nutritious food. by Jerry Whorebach 11/20/2010, 4:18am PST NEW
    A 200lbs, 33.4% body fat "professor of human nutrition"? Jesus Christ, Kansas. NT by Fussbett 11/17/2010, 7:59pm PST NEW
        You got a problem with the Land of Opportunity, pal? by Uncle Sam 11/19/2010, 3:57pm PST NEW
            Caltrops HAS BECOME UNSTUCK IN TIME. NT by DAIKATANA ROMERO GABE NEWELLS FAT 11/19/2010, 5:38pm PST NEW
 
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