[allmendream]

I think there is a HUGE connection between an American diet high in fat sugar protein AND carbs and a lifestyle low on exercise and the fact that many Americans are overweight.

Look at the biochemistry metabolism chart I posted a link to. Each dot on there is an enzymatic reaction taking it all around in a big circle.

It is not JUST high carbohydrates that is the problem - it is high protein, high fat, high sugar AND high carbohydrates that is typical of the American diet.

This is the fact: if you take in more calories (from fat, from sugar, from carbs, from protein) than you burn - your body will turn that extra energy into lipids and store it as fat.

There is no exemption if the excess calories were from fat and protein then your body doesn't “know” how to deposit the excess as fat.

The molecular enzymes “know” how to turn excess calories from fat and protein into adipose tissue just fine.

[ottbmare]

The charts are lovely, but they don't explain how I lost 70 pounds on a high-protein diet, and have kept it off for many years, even though my caloric intake went up.