A few dieting friends and I have been lamenting over how SOME people seem to lose using GODKNOWSWHAT DIET and others don’t. Well Eur-FRIGGIN-REEKA!!! A study on fruit flies has finally given scientists the idea that different diets help different people lose different amounts of weight. This has been our philosophy since we first heard the word “husky.” First up you might want to read this article.It’s sciencey and has the details. We’re not so much sciencey as we are try- anything-to-be-smoking-hot-types.

So here’s the gist. Researchers tested 40 year old flies who’d had several children and were doing Jillian Michaels “The Shred” to mixed results. Wait no. That’s not right. Here’s a quote on what they found.

Using fruit flies, researchers have found that genes interacting with diet, rather than diet alone, are the main cause of variation in metabolic traits, such as body weight. This helps explain why some diets work better for some people than others, and suggests that future diets should be tailored to an individual’s genes rather than to physical appearance. Quote from Genetics Society of America (2010, July 28). Why fad diets work well for some, but not others.

So there you have it. This is why some stuff works for you and not me. Why I swear if I skip breakfast I stick to my diet better but others say they have to eat breakfast to avoid binges. It’s why at 4pm I always feel like a ravening beast but for you it’s 2am.  But fellow dieters – SCIENCE has finally caught up with us. Eur-FRIGGIN-REEKA!!!