The essential problem remains: humanity’s basically solved the food problem, but our genes don’t understand this so pack on the fat in preparation for a famine that will never arrive. So all diets are unnatural
Well that’s one essential aspect of the problem. There are other issues too. But I think this point is important in at least one respect: There is an idea out there that there is something wrong with obsessing over one’s food intake and weight. Another poster asserted that dieting is a mental disorder.
But given that for a lot of people, System 1 (non-conscious thought) is unable to navigate today’s environment successfully, it’s not unreasonable to use System 2 (conscious thought) as a substitute. Or even what one might call “System 3” -- conscious thought plus brain extensions such as calendars, food and weight logs, written meal plans, etc.
Well that’s one essential aspect of the problem. There are other issues too. But I think this point is important in at least one respect: There is an idea out there that there is something wrong with obsessing over one’s food intake and weight. Another poster asserted that dieting is a mental disorder.
But given that for a lot of people, System 1 (non-conscious thought) is unable to navigate today’s environment successfully, it’s not unreasonable to use System 2 (conscious thought) as a substitute. Or even what one might call “System 3” -- conscious thought plus brain extensions such as calendars, food and weight logs, written meal plans, etc.