Calories In/Calories Out? FALSE

More in depth reading re: what your calories are made of is more important than how many you get. The calories in/calories out model seems intuitively wrong to me. Included below is a reading list.

* Samaha FF, Iqbal N, Seshadri P, Chicano KL, Daily DA, McGrory J, Williams T, Williams M, Gracely EJ, Stern L. A low-carbohydrate as compared with a low-fat diet in severe obesity. N Eng J Med. 348:2074-2081, 2003.
* Sondike SB, Copperman N, Jacobson MS. Effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight adolescents. J Pediatr. 142:253-258, 2003.
* Brehm BJ, Seely RJ, Daniels SR, D'Alessio DA. A randomized trial comparing a very low-carbohydrate diet and a calorie-restricted low-fat diet on body weight and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88:1617-1623, 2003.
* Foster GD, Wyatt HR, Hill JO, McGuckin BG, Brill C, Mohammed BS, Szapary PO, Rader DJ, Edman JS, Klein S. A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity. N Eng J Med. 348:2082-2090, 2003.
* Yancy WS jr, Guyton JR, Bakst RP, Westman EC. A randomized controlled trial of a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet vs. a low-fat diet for obesity and hyperlipidemia. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;72:343S.
* Volek JS, Sharman MJ, G?mez AL, French DN, Rubin MR, Watson G, Sokmen B, Silvestre R, Judelson DA, Kraemer WJ. Comparison of an energy-restricted very low-carbohydrate and low-fat diet on weight loss, regional body composition and hormonal responses in overweight men and women. Int J Obes. (submitted)
* Goedecke JH, Christie C, Wilson G, et al. Metabolic adaptations to a high-fat diet in endurance cyclists. Metabolism 1999;48:1509-17.
* Bisschop, P.H., A.M. Pereira Arias, M.T. Ackermans, et al. The effects of carbohydrate variation in isocaloric diets on glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis in healthy men. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 85:1963-1967, 2000.
* Yudkin, J. and M. Carey. The treatment of obesity by the "high-fat" diet. The inevitability of calories. Lancet. 2:939-941, 1960.
* Arase, K., J.S. Fisler, N.S. Shargill, D.A. York, and G.A. Bray. Intracerebroventricular infusions of 3-OHB and insulin in a rat model of dietary obesity. Am. J. Physiol. 255:R974-R981, 1988.