“Calories in, calories out” it just fails to illuminate anything at all
That’s wrong. There meaningful disagreement about whether “Calories in, calories out” is true. Deciding whether it’s true matters.
There are three positions:
1) It’s the calories stupid. People should count calories and reduce their intake an then they will lose weight.
2) People can’t just reduce calories easily. They need to take into account all sorts of psychological factors to successfully reduce calorie intake. This means making certain food choices that result in different levels of hunger.
3) Calories in doesn’t matter much, you can eat 4000 kcal a day like Dave Asprey and still be fit and not gain additional weight.
There are plenty of paleo folks who argue 3) in some form but most not as strong as Dave Asprey. It’s imporant to know when someone argues in favor of 2) and when in favor of 3).
That’s wrong. There meaningful disagreement about whether “Calories in, calories out” is true. Deciding whether it’s true matters.
There are three positions:
1) It’s the calories stupid. People should count calories and reduce their intake an then they will lose weight.
2) People can’t just reduce calories easily. They need to take into account all sorts of psychological factors to successfully reduce calorie intake. This means making certain food choices that result in different levels of hunger.
3) Calories in doesn’t matter much, you can eat 4000 kcal a day like Dave Asprey and still be fit and not gain additional weight.
There are plenty of paleo folks who argue 3) in some form but most not as strong as Dave Asprey. It’s imporant to know when someone argues in favor of 2) and when in favor of 3).
There is meaningful disagreement between those positions, but none of them dispute conservation of energy.