Nutrition Professor at Kansas State University loses 27 pounds in 10 weeks on a Twinkie diet. Junk food diet is one of the low calorie diet plans. Experiment with a junk food diet demonstrates the importance of calories in a weight loss program. The weight loss was achieved by maintaining a calorie deficit and exercise.
Does the Numbers Add Up
The diet allowed 1800 calories per day. The normal calorie intake for weight stabilization was 2600 calories per day indicating a calorie burn to maintain normal body organ functions. This adds up to 800 calories deficit per day or 56,000 calories for the 10 weeks. A deficit of 3500 calories is equivalent to a pound weight loss. For 10 weeks the calorie deficit was 16 pounds. Walking for weight loss achieved the remaining 11 pounds. This averages 550 calories per day. You can burn calories walking for an hour to use this many calories. I conclude the numbers do add up. Based on my calculations this is doable.
Twinkie Diet was Junk Food Diet
Junk food constituted 60 percent of the diet. The diet included five Twinkies per day containing a total of 750 calories. This left 300 calories of other junk foods including chips, cakes, sugar-coated cereals, and soda. The junk food was supplemented by a protein shake, vitamins, green beans and celery for the other 750 calories. Meats, whole grains and fruits were not included in the diet.
Twinkie Diet was an Experiment not a Diet Plan
The Twinkie diet looks like one of the low calorie diet plans in that it depends on a calorie deficit for a significant portion of the weight loss. However it is not promoted as a diet. Actually it was an experiment by a nutrition professor to show the value of calories in losing weight. Weight loss occurs whether the calories were from healthy foods or junk foods.
Twinkie Diet not Sustainable
The Twinkie diet was not proved to be sustainable for long-term weight loss and health. There was no intention to prove it sustainable as it was just an experiment to demonstrate the value of calories in weight loss. Plus it was only tested for 10 weeks personally by one person, the professor.
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