On 16/06/2016 08:14, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 04:45:36 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

No. Its cheap food that causes obesity.

Starch makes you fat.

Excess calories make you fat. What you don't burn off you store as fat
for use in lean times. But starches, i.e. carbohydrates, are cheap and
can be made very attractive and flavorsome, so it's easy and
gratifying to eat lots.

A high protein diet increases the feeling of satiety, i.e. it
depresses your appetite, so you eat less. There's a small but growing
POV that all the problems with cholesterol and heart disease are due
to eating too much carbohydrate rather than fat.


They are probably wrong though, cholesterol levels don't have much to do
with obesity or even food, I, for example am overweight but have a very
low cholesterol level (less than 2.8) and eat starchy foods.