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Twinkie Diet

There has been a lot of talk recently about the twinkie diet. Many are claiming to lose a lot of weight eating only twinkies. No matter how much you like twinkies, I would think that after awhile you would get sick of eating them all day. Plus you should consider the health consequences of eating nothing but junk food all the time- it just doesn't add up. But don't take our word for it, read below the details of the twinkie diet from our guest author and decide for yourself if this is something you want to try.

Twinkie Diet - The Low Calorie Diet
By Charles Wells

Nutrition Professor loses 27 pounds in 10 weeks on the Twinkie diet. For variety he also munched on Doritos, Oreos, and Little Debbie Snacks.

Nutrition Professor, Mark Haub, at Kansas State University loses 27 pounds in 10 weeks on a Twinkie diet. This is not one of the new low-calorie diet plans released to the public. It was an experiment to show the importance of the low-calorie diet in losing weight.

I know this sounds like a supermarket tabloid headline but Twinkie diet is from a legitimate nutrition professor at an accredited university. The headline does not explain the whole story. I will make an attempt to evaluate it.

My first question is does this seem reasonable. He consumed 1800 calories per day on the diet. His normal diet of 2600 calories per day maintained a steady weight. You must burn 3500 calories to lose a pound. In 10 weeks the calorie deficit would be 56,000 calories or 16 pounds. The other 11 pounds was lost through exercise averaging 550 calories per day.

A lot of variables are involved in determining calorie burn through exercising. A 180 pound person walking a mile in 13 minutes would burn 100 calories. 550 calories per day would be equivalent to 71.5 minutes of walking per day. This could include exercise programs and everyday normal activities.

The original Twinkie was developed in 1930 by The Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis. It utilized the machines used to make a cream filled strawberry shortcake when the strawberry season was over. It originally had a banana filling until the banana shortage in World War II. Hostess still sells over half a billion a year.

A Twinkie weighs 43 grams and contains 150 calories. It contains 39 ingredients including 5 g of fat, 20 mg of cholesterol, 2000 mg of salt, 25 g of carbohydrates and sugar. The creme center is shortening.

His diet consisted of 60 percent junk food. He only had 5 Twinkies a day. He supplemented them with a protein shake, multivitamin pills, a can of green beans or four stalks of celery each day. He did not eat meat, whole grains and fruits. He supplemented the diet to protect his health. It should not be construed as part of a diet program. Also I suppose it is better than consuming a dozen Twinkies a day for the 1800 calories. He plans to gain weight next month by eating health foods, such as fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and whole grains.

This may appear to be one of the low-calorie diet plans but it is not considered a healthy diet. It was an experiment to demonstrate the significance of the low-calorie diet in losing weight. It is highly unlikely this diet could sustain long-term weight reduction or long-term health.

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