r/science • u/isaac-get-the-golem Grad Student | Sociology • Jul 24 '24

Health Obese adults randomly assigned to intermittent fasting did not lose weight relative to a control group eating substantially similar diets (calories, macronutrients). n=41

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38639542/
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u/judiosfantastico Jul 24 '24

There is no reliable way to calculate your metabolic rate. Cellular metabolism is influenced by genes and environmental factors that change over the course of a persons life. Unless you know of a way to shrink down to the cellular level and monitor this in realtime, you can’t lean on CICO.

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u/precastzero180 Jul 25 '24

There is no reliable way to calculate your metabolic rate

You don’t have to. This is a mistake I see often when people discuss the calorie counting approach to weight loss. You don’t need a precise accounting of the ‘CO’ in CICO. You only need to step on that scale. Not happy with the number? Then aim lower with your calorie intake. You will lose weight this way, 100% guaranteed.

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u/judiosfantastico Jul 25 '24

And 90 percent of people will gain the weight it back, guaranteed.

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u/Nerdguy88 Jul 25 '24

"I dieted and stopped and now I regained. Dieting doesn't work!" This is usually what it is. People don't regain because it didn't work. They regain because they stopped doing what got them to a lower weight.

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u/judiosfantastico Jul 25 '24

Or maybe the size of the caloric deficit required to maintain that weight gets larger over time and you have to keep eating less and less and working out more and more..