I had a family friend who did this approach and it did not help him. This was before I knew about seed oils. I suspect it was the seed oils, and/or other chemical-industrial waste slop.

Even simpler, consume less mass than you excrete and you’ll lose weight.

The Italians understood this centuries ago — eat well, but move well. The problem isn't the pasta, it's the sedentary life we've built around screens and cars. Thermodynamics doesn't care about your feelings or your fad diet. Simple truths are the hardest to sell because they can't be packaged and...

Very simple

Taking the time to honestly figure out daily activity level is also important for determining daily caloric output. Lot of people are more sedentary than they think they are. Also, specifying if the food you're measuring is cooked or uncooked helps get a more accurate view of calories and macros.

Be sure to include the role of metabolic adaptation in calorie deficit in your understanding.

I agree! We really need to become aware of this!

If you ate 4000 calories a day of only fatty steak and did absolutely nothing exercise-wise you would lose weight and never be hungry. The same is not true of 4000 calories a day of oreos. We are not bomb calorimeters.

Eat less than you burn = lose weight. True. For obvious reasons. But losing weight shouldn't be the primary health metric as there are many unhealthy ways to lose weight through diet. Eat more than you burn = gain weight. Not exactly true. For less obvious reasons. The body is complex and trea...