Paul Saladino· MD
The calories in/calories out paradigm inevitably fails in the long term because it neglects to appreciate that the quality of the calories in affects calories out.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
The calories in/calories out paradigm inevitably fails in the long term because it neglects to appreciate that the quality of the calories in affects calories out.
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when people talk about that i i've always been a little bit bothered because i feel like it's a huge oversimplification
I talk about what I think is making us fat, what changes we should make, and why I think the calories in calories out model is flawed. Obviously, it works because of thermodynamics, but it is limited and needs to be revised, needs to be increased in its robustness and strength.
calories in calories out of course it works that's thermodynamics it's highly oversimplified and it's not as simple as just restricting the food you eat that doesn't work long term