How Dieting Evolved To Make Us Fatter

Standing face-to-face with an unrelenting obesity epidemic, in a world filled with the promise of a one-size-cures-all diet, only now are we beginning to ask whether dieting for weight loss is the answer. We are all familiar with the concept of “calories in calories out,” that weight loss is a simple matter of tipping the equation toward a calorie deficit. This idea appeals to us because it’s so simple. But for too long now, this traditional, short-sighted, calorie restricting approach to dieting has been blindly accepted as the most effective. Strangely enough, no one talks about what it…