Right. So you're saying that an overweight person can eat 1,200 calories a day, while burning 1,500 calories a day, and not lose weight? I don't think you understand what you think you understand. You can't get something from nothing, but you are absolutely entitled to believe otherwise. You are not alone, unfortunately, which is why guys like Taubes gets rich from selling books, and internet hustlers like Mercola make millions selling supplements. PT Barnum had no idea how right he was.
what about those of us who have dieted SUCCESSFULLY?
Then you should know better than to post nonsense.
Why is it you assume those you disagree with have failed?
Many fail because they lack discipline. Many others fail because they blame it on something other than the truth. Eat less, exercise more. Same as it ever was.
The Atkins diet is just another diet fad that is not based on scientific evidence, but it does sell diet books. Telling people they can eat as much as they like of some foods and still lose weight is music to the ears of many. The Atkins diet is based on heavily restricting calories from carbohydrates, which is simply a low calorie diet that results in a net reduction of total calories consumed.
That's incorrect. The idea is to go into ketosis.
"Ketosis Defined: When your diet is depleted of carbs, your glycogen levels drop and you enter ketosis — a process in which your body burns ketone bodies to avoid draining the protein stores in your muscles and instead uses energy from your fat stores."
LOL!! I am amazed that too many people hear do not recognize the soundness of your logic. It’s hopeless. I have been teaching and doing research for more than 3 decades and there is simply no way to compete with the snake oil and the lay press, both of which are highly unreliable sources. Go figure.