The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
but there's this magical sort of asterisk there that if you the calories you put in the quality of the calories you put in I would argue strongly affect the calories out in many ways so it is calories in calories out perhaps but if the quality of the calories you put in affects the calories out both in terms perhaps of metabolism and satiety
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the problem i have with the calories in calories out hypothesis is that the quality of the calories you put in your body affect the calories out i still think that there is a caloric deficit that leads to weight loss for people but you cannot put yourself in a starvation prison for the rest of your life your body will down regulate your metabolism through this lever of the thyroid gland
The quality of the calories you put in determine the calories out. And the calories out is super important. I would argue even more important than the calories in.
I think if you eat high quality food, the concept of calories is trumped. Calories in calories, but the quality of the calories you eat absolutely affects your body. Your body's ability to burn calories. We know that the quality calories you eat affects your metabolism.