Paul Saladino· MD
Caloric restriction (without attention to food quality) fails long term because you are hungry = calorie prison.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Caloric restriction (without attention to food quality) fails long term because you are hungry = calorie prison.
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the problem and I would agree with you completely here is that diets fail because people try and restrict calories without changing the quality of their diet