Calorie counting
Daily calorie intake
There is no universal norm: it depends on weight, height, age, sex, and activity level.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Weight loss
Hypnosis for weight loss
Reviews for this method are more polarized than for any other: some say their life has changed, while others say they wasted their money.
Weight loss
Calories in alcohol: how many calories are in beer, wine, and spirits
Alcohol is the only category that almost everyone skips when counting calories.
Weight loss
Calorie deficit: how to calculate it and how to hold it
A calorie deficit is the one thing without which weight does not come down.
Weight loss
Types of diets
When comparing diets in studies, an inconvenient result emerges: the difference between them is smaller than the difference between the people who follow them and those who do not.
Weight loss
How to lose weight correctly
Weight loss is boring: a slight energy deficit, enough protein, strength training, and time.
Nutrition
Artificial sweeteners: are they harmful, and do they help you lose weight?
Arguments about sweeteners are conducted as though the choice were between them and plain water.
Nutrition
Palm oil: is it actually harmful?
Palm oil has become the universal explanation for everything bad in food.
Nutrition
How dietary supplements differ from vitamins and medications
In a pharmacy, two packages of vitamin D sit on the same shelf.
This article is for general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prescription for treatment or a diet, and it does not replace a consultation with your doctor. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, take medication, or follow a diet prescribed to you, decisions about food belong with your doctor.
Figures from regulations, guidelines and studies are given as they stood when this article was prepared and may since have changed; check them against the primary sources. This article is not advertising, an offer, or individual advice, and neither the author nor the site owner is responsible for decisions taken on the basis of it.