Succinct analysis, from Prof. Tim Spector, of why calorie counting diets don't work, can't work. Also how our bodies are being engineered for someone else's profits.
'The human body does not behave like a bank account.
When you reduce calorie intake, the body adapts. Hunger signals increase. Metabolism shifts. Hormones push back. This is precisely why calorie-controlled diets fail so reliably and why the majority of people regain weight—often with interest.
The much bigger problem is what we are eating, not how much appears on the plate at any one moment. A small portion of ultra-processed food—engineered to be rapidly eaten, intensely rewarding, and biologically confusing—does not lead to restraint. It does the opposite. These foods reliably increase hunger after consumption, driving people to eat an extra 25–30% more calories across the rest of the day.
This is not a failure of willpower. It’s design.'
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