Overstated but basically true. Insulin is not so much a fat storing hormone as a "blood sugar control" hormone. If you eat more than you burn you gain weight - because the body produces insulin to burn the sugar out of your blood. And where does the sugar go? Fat. I lost 30 pounds last year by setting a calorie goal, setting a target ratio of fat/protein/carbs and tracking it all on www.myfitnesspal.com. I've kept it off by raising my calorie goal to a maintenance level. And I exercise. Pretty simple

That is not what is being done here. The idea is that if you are trying to lose weight and are eating healthy foods while still in a caloric surplus you WILL gain weight. As evidenced by the comments here people just don't understand this and the marketing is such that companies make it hard to realize that simple truth. Eating healthy does not equal weight loss. Weight gain and obesity offset by far any health benefits from eating a handful of almonds vs a handful of candy.

You’re completely right. I’m diabetic and I eat a lot of almonds when I feel hungry....I’ve lost 40 lbs.

Yes. This BP article is incredibly badly composed. The conclusion is quite good and sensible about overall diet but the initial statements and comparisons between the foods is complete BS. The disagreements in these comments and the same confusing, contradictory and illogical responses by the original poster just reflect that.

thank you! I eat a lot of junk food/chocolates but just after a meal, then it goes with fibers, then my body is ok ready to take it and i'm fine.People have to stop making counts, specially calories ones...people need to know how their body works to eat what they want but just at the right time. i don't even think "nutritionnal" when i eat something, i'm french, i just think "it is good or not?"lol but when you know how your body works you can eat anything you want and avoid bad diseases. Simple as hell but people seem to prefer simple tricks from big boobs skinny woman who sell something.

Wow... you sound too smart (srsly) who ARE YOU??

2000 kcal is BS: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/08/why-does-the-fda-recommend-2-000-calories-per-day/243092/

I would rather eat quality food than track calories, eat "junk food" and tell other people, that this is fine, because I like sweets...

This is extremely dangerous to eat less than 2000kcal a day for a woman. Calories are mistaking people: if you eat 1000kcal of proteins, your body will use what he need and you will pee/sweat the other part for example. I master in biology but i will not bother you with science, there are plenty of public articles about that: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/diets/823473/calories-weight-loss-tips. I eat a lot more than 2000kcal myself and i'm not over weighted, it's not calories that are important, but what it is inside and how the body manage it.

What are your blood sugars like?

I totally agree with that, the point of my post was not to shame people or whatever. I eat a lot of junk food myself as you can see at my picture.The point was to tell people that CALORIES is b******t, this is not how you can know if something is good/bad for you body or your weight. A body is a complex machinery, and you can eat all the calories you want without taking any fat if you eat them properly (even junk food...).

Eating lots of sugar or other simple carbohydrates means your body will process the energy faster, subsequently store it faster as fat, and you'll get hungry faster (and get more cravings). It's simply false that it's only about a calorie deficit – eating unhealthy makes it decidedly more difficult to reach your calorie goal. Your body is not an Excel spreadsheet.

Im downvoting because your posts dont make sense.

Even the guy that graduates at the bottom of his medical school class gets to be called "doctor", and you aren't even that. If that photo is what you eat on a regular basis, then you're going to die young. Being fat is not healthy.

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Aunt messy, you didn't stole the "messy" part. You got me, i am really fat! This is not the body of a "i wanna my body rated" person, and i made a point, nobody's perfect, and you have no right to rate anybody just because you think something based on nothing. If it is a scientific queston i will hear you, you are just this kind of people rating people siting on your couch, and yes you are messy, messing with your own brain.The brain is the organ that takes much calories, so i understand your brainless advices if you don't eat sugars (brain eat sugars) mms_img-94...f14a37.jpg

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To unknown downvoting people, you downvote a biology master who try to educate you, doctor in december. If you prefer counting calories fine, and yes, the earth is flat and the orange man will save you. The brain is the first calories burner, i sadly know why you downvote me...

You could switch to low carb high fat and suddenly find yourself losing weight, instead of gaining, even if you eat the same amount as before. Quality matters too, not just quantity.

Calories are not calories. Try a calorie of sugar, a calorie of alcohol and a calorie of LSD and see which grabs your attention. Sugar is the cause of metabolic syndrome in the US and worldwide.

People don't seem to realise that LCHF diets work despite 'not calorie counting', simply because fat and protein are much more satiating than carbs. Because of this people on these diets generally eat at a defecit and just don't realise it, and think that they are eating as much or more because they feel full and not deprived. It's fine if you use these kinds of diets to lose weight, but you are losing weight through CICO whether or not you realise it.

Yes, you might lose weight. If you are in a caloric deficit. If you eat a low carb high fat diet and are in a caloric surplus then you will not lose weight. It is very simple. Your post shows you do not understand nutrition. Don't buy into all the fads. Eat healthy. If you are eating healthy and you feel one day like eating a handful of candy instead of a handful of almonds and you remain in a caloric deficit you will lose weight. It is posts like yours from people who have never studied nutrition that continue to spread confusion about weight loss and weight gain. It is showing confusion and taking away from the main point that weight loss and stress reducing benefits of allowing yourself to have something you enjoy outweigh those of forcing yourself to eat a handful of almonds if you really don't want them.