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#4222·Benjamin DaviesOP revised 3 days agoWhile following this kind of protocol does help some people lose weight, the model it is based off is incomplete.
'Calories in vs calories out' dieting is based on the idea that each person has a fixed rate of at which they burn calories at rest, proportional to their bodyweight. This fails to account for the fact that ‘calories out’ depends entirely on the metabolic state of the individual, which is highly dependent on the quality of their nutrition.
Some diets lack certain key nutrients required for efficient metabolism, thereby inhibiting the body’s ability to utilise calories. Some diets also contain metabolic toxins that diminish the body’s ability to utilise calories.
For these reasons, diets that are equal in calories but that vary in nutritional content can have vastly different weight gain/loss outcomes.
For these reasons, diets that are equal in calories but that vary in nutritional content can have vastly different weight gain/loss outcomes.
I don’t know if I agree with the word “vastly”. People have done Twinkie diets where they eat nothing but Twinkies (plus some supplements to get the bare minimum) and they lost weight.
Still, I’ll edit my idea to say that people should get all the nutrients they need while in a deficit.