Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Well, if that be true, then it means that steak and other meats are not the real culprit responsible for obesity and excessive weight gain, it's the salads and veggies that are making people fat ??...A lot of overweight people are giving up eating steak/meat and choosing salads and veggies in hopes of loosing weight...I think you may be right about a salad causing more weight gain then steak, the fear of gaining weight from eating steak needs to stop.
The thermic effect is really a red herring with respect to weight gain. People gain weight when they eat too many calories of any type. It's easy to eat too many calories of calorie dense foods with high fat content because they taste good.