Peter Attia· MD
what we're neglecting to talk about is is something I briefly mentioned which is metabolic adaptation and so I think this is the other big thing that confuses people they think energy in energy out these are static things that do not affect each other and the reality is they are intrinsically tied to each other so anybody who's ever tried to lose weight if you went on a let's say a 500 calorie deficit per day which is a a pretty significant deficit um do you just lose linearly one pound per week until you no longer exist and you die because there's no more body weight no we all know that eventually like that plateaus