Zvi comments on How I Lost 100 Pounds Using TDT - Less Wrong

70 Post author: Zvi 14 March 2011 03:50PM

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Comment author: Liron 16 March 2011 07:45:18PM 0 points [-]

Gary Taubes basically says that one generally loses weight if and only if one eats fewer carbs, so this is some evidence for his claim (not strong evidence, since it's consistent with most other models of weight loss too).

Comment author: Zvi 16 March 2011 08:02:14PM 3 points [-]

I would consider my experience zero evidence for or against Gary Taubes' claim, since every model of weight loss predicts that anyone successfully doing what I did would lose weight. Sounds like a very strong claim, but the word "generally" is murky.