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The Ice Diet

Authors: Brian C. Weiner, MD, MS, and Alex C. WeinerAuthor, Article, & Disclosure Information
Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 153, Number 4
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Calorie-deficient weight loss diets are a cornerstone of obesity treatment. There is a systemic error in calorie determinations in commonly available foods. Recognition and clinical use of the consequences of this error may improve the outcomes of dietary management of obesity.
Most calorie determinations are made by identifying the protein, carbohydrate, and fat contents of foods and by using their known contribution to energy: protein, 4 kcal/g; carbohydrate, 4 kcal/g; and fat, 9 kcal/g (1). Complex carbohydrates, having less available energy due to incomplete digestion, are estimated to provide 2 kcal/g (2).
Water in food has not been …

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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 153 • Number 4 • 17 August 2010
Pages: 279

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Published online: 17 August 2010
Published in issue: 17 August 2010

Keywords

  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Diet
  3. Fats
  4. Food
  5. Ingestion
  6. Obesity
  7. Proteins
  8. Running
  9. Temperature
  10. Weight loss

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© 2010 American College of Physicians.

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Brian C. Weiner, MD, MS
From UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
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Alex C. Weiner
From UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
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Disclosures: None disclosed.

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