Diets Always Fail: How Calorie Restriction CAUSES Weight Gain

Long time, no see, my friends! As promised (a really long time ago), it is time to revisit the subject of evidence-based weight loss. Today we're taking a dive into the metabolic-slowing effects of PURPOSEFUL restriction of calorie intake, recommended by virtually every weight-loss diet program in the world. Somehow--despite literally billions of failed calorie restriction attempts--marketing departments trying to sell the public weight loss plans still promote purposeful calorie restriction even though ample clinical evidence is available to prove that such diets slow the metabolism and prime the body to regain as much fat tissue as possible once extra calories again become available. Wow, that was a long sentence pointing out a lot of bullshit. If you're not already, feel free to follow me on instagram (where I am most active, though still periodically sparse, and have thousands of meal examples): ​@lilykoihawaii https://www.instagram.com/lilykoihawaii/ Primary Citations : Most thorough reading: Biology’s response to dieting: the impetus for weight regain. 2011 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174765/ Metabolic slowing with massive weight loss despite preservation of fat-free mass https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387402/ Addressing weight loss recidivism: A clinical focus on metabolic rate and the psychological aspects of obesity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914266/#B54 Maintenance of lost weight and long-term management of obesity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764193/ Randomized clinical trials of weight-loss maintenance: a review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2676575/ Smaller Papers/Abstracts: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18842775/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19822185/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6694559/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7632212/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2912016/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1105816 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031938413002448 Effect of calorie restriction on thyroid hormones: https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physrev.00030.2013 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2341229/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3702673/ https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/91/8/3232/2656790 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3887425/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19208852/

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