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by cracell 1755 days ago
This is basically a conspiracy theory.

They are ignoring expert opinion and answers. And instead making a lot of big claims based on some correlations.

The most laughable part being the claim that reducing calorie intake doesn't work. Everyone will lose weight by reducing calorie intake. It's just physics.

Now in practice people have an extremely hard time sticking to diets which makes them ineffective. But people not following diets is not proof that you can't lose weight by reducing calories.