Hi circlecity!
I don’t agree with you and though there is great difficulty on the weight loss forums and Atkins and Keto Forums getting good information, I am satisfied that there are plenty of these people communicating with each other and sharing such similar experiences that we just cannot tell them that they aren’t “doing it right.” I would like to see the studies you referenced though I can agree that people are quitting the diet in fear and frustration and 95% would not surprise me.
I do not accept calories in/calories out as I am satisfied that theory has been debunked. But if you would be so kind as to read Dr. Fung’s book “The Obesity Code” and poke holes in it wherever you can, I would be so deeply grateful. Show me where we are going wrong. OK?
I don’t doubt that different nutrition strategies can manipulate the calories out side of the equation by their effect on the metabolism but the necessity of a caloric deficit to reduce body mass is a well established matter of chemistry and physics. You’ve got to burn more than you take in, period.