It sounds like a dieters fantasy - lose weight by eating junk food and sweets - but in the case of university professor Mark Haub, it really worked.
Dr Haub, who teaches human nutrition at Kansas State University, lost 27 pounds in two months on a diet of chocolate bars, chips, biscuits, pizza, doughnuts and sugary cereals. He occasionally ate some low-calorie vegetables.
At the start of his snack food diet Dr Haub said: ?It?s portion controlled. I?m eating foods that are deemed by many to be unhealthy; we will see if they are."
He restricted his diet to 1800 calories per day, compared to the 2600 an average man consumes.
Dr Haub wanted to show that the calorie content of food mattered most, rather than its nutritional value, when trying to lose weight.
Despite his diet of sugary, salty and fatty processed food, his health indicators actually improved. His LDL-cholesterol, which is linked to a greater risk of heart disease, fell 20 per cent, while his 'good' HDL-cholesterol rose by 20 per cent. Dr Haub's body fat also fell from 33.4 to 24.9 per cent.
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Guess being fat is more dangerous than eating candy being slim...
