buybuydandavis comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 3: Did the US Government Give Us Absurd Advice About Sugar? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 31 December 2013 02:14:44AM 1 point [-]

If one wants to get simplistic, saying "calorie control" is horribly wrong as a first approximation.

It's calories versus metabolism. That at least recognizes a trade off, instead of picturing calorie control as a single unopposed knob to tune your weight.