08/21/2026
Such a great article. And what we try and convey in session with you all. Unhitch exercise from the scale - weight loss/maintenance/gain is driven primarily by food intake, especially processed foods.
People who consume processed foods eat about 500 more calories per day (subconsciously). These are tricky foods that trick the brain's food monitoring systems. The brain does not count the calories the same as eating and apple or egg.
For every other reason other than weight: bone, lean body mass, blood glucose, heart disease, mental health, sleep, immune system, etc.... we have to move our body.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
In short, according to Pontzer, the real factor associated with body fat percentage isnโt exercise โ itโs food.
โAll the weight that we carry is the calories that we ate and never burned off,โ Pontzer says. โAnd so, if our energy expenditures arenโt different, then it must be diet.โ
However, the researchers found that one type of food stood out as the main culprit behind weight gain. It wasnโt how much meat or other main food groups people ate that explained differences in obesity โ it was the amount of ultra-processed food in their diets.
These packaged products are made in factories, using industrial ingredients and techniques, and sold in shops. They might include supermarket bread, biscuits, sweets, snacks, colourful cereal, bottled sauces, ready meals, flavoured yoghurts โ and more.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-biggest-hidden-rule-of-weight-loss?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a88058866da350001bba6c1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawT1SBpwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVlEM25nbVp5MjMyN3RzZjlzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeSi8OF1xvRRRUha122kyEIGnwXtNpB_vnmoEfQVlg5w5qsuCzsETFfG3IjbU_aem_v2dsNOikDnkfGW4omKJGRw
Groundbreaking research is rewriting the science of how we use energy โ and why effort alone wonโt shift the scales
