[patorjk]

A more recent study [1] showed it to be around 209-278 calories per day, and 308-478 calories per day in people who had high insulin secretion. The study also showed that a hormone that increases hunger decreased significantly on the low carbohydrate diet.

I'm currently on a lazy keto diet and am down 33 pounds. I know it's only one data point, but it definitely seems easier than other diets I've tried.

[1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2018/11/27/effe...

[jkhdigital]

Yes, this is the argument that Gary Taubes (and others) have been making for at least 15 years: "calories in, calories out" fails not because it is wrong, but because it is not powerful enough to account for empirical observations of human metabolism. The most glaring example of which is insulin resistance from high sugar diets, which causes the body to constantly stash away calories into fat cells.