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Does the Twinkie Diet REALLY Work?

Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, decided to eat twinkies, powdered donuts, nutty bars, Doritos, Oreos and other processed junk foods every three hours instead of meals — for two months. Why did he do it? To test out his theory that pure calorie counting is what matters most in weight loss, not the nutritional value of food. So, he cut his caloric intake, but loaded up on junk food.