Northwoods Diet - What Is All This About?

The news media picks up on some interesting things. A guy loses 40 pounds over a year (by changing his diet), and it gets reported via Associated Press, and and is dubbed the "Northwoods Diet".

"I said if the beautiful people in South Florida can have South Beach, the hardworking people of Minnesota can have Northwoods," the professor said.

The University of Minnesota professor (who reportedly leads a research team at the Minnesota Obesity Center) has come up with this plan.

His eating plan: Three meals a day with smaller portions and no food after 7:30 p.m. He starts with a carbohydrate-heavy breakfast such as cold cereal or oatmeal. He said the carbs stimulate production of insulin, a hormone that helps cells convert blood sugar to energy.

Lunch is a transitional meal with both carbs and protein, often pizza. Dinner is heavier on protein, including meat, vegetables and salads.

His rule against eating later in the evening adds to the time the body is naturally fasting - when he's sleeping. As for exercise, he said, he didn't change his normal pattern. He's always walked a lot.

Why on earth are we hearing this? Apparently he is trying to make a dig at Atkins or the South Beach Diet - calling them fad diets. Pizza? Hey Pizza can be fun, but if I ate that every day my gut would be twice as big as it is now...

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