On Nutrition: The "Calories In = Calories Out" Fallacy

Many people who have thought deeply about nutrition, obesity (and other health problems) will proclaim that it is clearly that "Calories In = Calories Out". They mean that if you eat more ("calories in") than you spend on physical activity ("calories out"), then you gain weight. To loose weight, they proclaim to increase physical activity and decrease food consumption.

And it has some logic to it.

But it is utter bollocks, with no personal knowledge of the problem, and it is putting the cart before the horse.

Before I changed my nutrition, I had problems with hunger. Hunger, hunger, hunger. Murderous, ravenous, hunger.

After I changed my diet to Lutz/Aktins Diet (and now more to a Paleo Diet) my hunger became what it is supposed to be: Information that my body needs food.

So I can say that clearly and unequivocally the problems I had with my hunger were caused by what I ate, which in turn caused me to eat more.

My diet was making me hungry.

Now, how is someone who is hungry supposed to eat less and exercise more?

As I said, utter bollocks.

(And it was not that my change in diet curbed my appetite – the problem was too much hunger, not too much appetite. I still enjoy very much what I eat – it's just so that I eat until I'm satiated, usually twice a day. And then I don't overeat, because like I did with the foods I used to eat. Somehow it is very difficult, if not impossible to overeat on meat, potatoes and salad, versus for example pasta.)