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(A survey of 121 studies3 found that a variety of popular diets, no matter what theory they promoted or which celebrity promoted them, showed no effect on weight after a year.)

For two hundred thousand years, our body’s appetite and weight-control systems functioned well. They even worked during the US boom years from the 1940s through the 1970s, when food was just as abundant as it is today. And just like today, almost everyone had an automobile—we weren’t walking everywhere—and jogging and gym-going were relatively rare

que as pessoas gordas devem ser evitadas porque são vetores de doença e morte.

When a carbohydrate enters the bloodstream too fast, the pancreas responds by secreting high levels of insulin. While that brings the blood-sugar level down, it also tells the body to store fat and keep it stored.

Diets work well at the start, but as we lose weight, our metabolism slows. Compensatory mechanisms start almost immediately and persist almost indefinitely.

We know that stopping sugar or going on an ultra-low-carb diet helps people lose weight. But because people are fixated on calories as the ultimate arbiter of weight, they assume that the reason they lose weight during these types of dietary changes is because they are consuming less calories. This is NOT the case. The reason someone loses weight w

This is the “adult phase” of metabolism, and it is rock stable from age twenty to sixty.