(CNN)<\/strong> \u2014 Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.<\/p>\nFor 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.<\/p>\n
His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most \u2014 not the nutritional value of the food.<\/p>\n
The premise held up: On his \u201cconvenience store diet,\u201d he shed 27 pounds in two months.<\/p>\n
For a class project, Haub limited himself to less than 1,800 calories a day. A man of Haub\u2019s pre-dieting size usually consumes about 2,600 calories daily. <\/strong>So he followed a basic principle of weight loss: He consumed significantly fewer calories than he burned.<\/p>\nHis body mass index went from 28.8, considered overweight, to 24.9, which is normal. He now weighs 174 pounds.<\/p>\n
But you might expect other indicators of health would have suffered. Not so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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