[circlecity]

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.

[BDParrish]

Fung easily and clearly shows the error of the calories in/calories out misconception. You’re not gonna read it are you?

...oh well.

[PA Engineer]

So you are saying a gram of protein is the same as a gram of carbohydrate?

CICO is very seductive to those that lack knowledge of metabolism.

[Mr Rogers]

“You’ve got to burn more than you take in, period.”

Sort of. But you can make your car more or less fuel efficient. You can also create a situation where it is like a truck with dual tanks - you can empty one tank and not the other because the other one is not switched on.