Comment by edanm
3 years ago
> calories in - calories out was debunked a while ago.
No, it wasn't. It's the generally accepted model of human weight gain. It's what most scientists who study this topic believe to be true. (And really, it's the only model that makes any sense, and is incredibly easy to test)
They only people who disagree with this model are considered to be outside the mainstream of science. They might be right (I don't think so though) - but it's certainly not debunked.
Obviously if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you’ll lose weight. But the inverse is not necessarily true. It’s possible to consume more calories than you burn and still lose weight, because your body doesn’t necessarily utilize all calories consumed.
Just because the USDA is 30 years behind the science doesn't make them right. There are hundreds of studies now debunking it. Do you really want to contend that 100 calories of fibre is the same as 100 calories of glucose? Ridiculous. In fact, the calories model never had broad academic support. Ansel Keys research is a joke today.