Calorie Counting. Is it time to leave it in the past?
Have you ever stopped to consider why, despite all the low-calorie foods available, we as a world population are continuing to see increasing numbers of overweight and obesity and the consequent chronic illnesses? With so many options available to replace staple foods in the diet of the last century surely, we should be able to maintain stable weights and avoid illness. There are so many health messages out there encouraging us to count calories, track calories and lose weight fast (or your money back) programs and yet the problem is compounding exponentially. In a recently published study (July 28th 2022) in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-022-01179-2 ) the paradigm of eat less and exercise more is challenged. This long standing and accepted approach that if the energy we take in in calories is less than the energy we expend through daily activities and basal metabolic rate we should always be in an energy deficit and therefore ...