Calorie restriction, even with less bioavailable or suboptimal nutrients, can lead to short-term improvements in overall health and insulin sensitivity for individuals with metabolic dysfunction.

“many of the studies with vegan and vegetarian diets are calorie restricted as are as was the twinkie diet as are these potato diets because you simply cannot eat enough calories from potatoes so anyone with metabolic dysfunction is going to see an improvement in their overall health and insulin sensitivity when they have calorie-restricted diet and even if those calorie restricted diets are composed of some of the least uh bioavailable nutrients or foods that are in what i would consider to be less optimal for humans they're they're going to see an improvement at least in the short term”