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The Willpower Myth: Why Obesity Isn’t About Personal Responsibility

Every decision you make — what to eat, whether to snack, how much to serve — draws on this limited pool of cognitive energy. Psychologists call this decision fatigue: the more choices you face, the weaker your self-control becomes. This is why dieting is so hard. You’re not only fighting hunger hormones and cravings, you’re draining a limited mental resource dozens of times a day. And when it runs out, biology takes over.

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Sep 26, 20255 min read

Busting the Biggest Myths About Energy Balance

If a calorie is not a calorie — if we can’t reliably know how much of it is absorbed, how much is lost in digestion, and what its metabolic fate will be — then how would anyone know how many calories to cut?

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Sep 25, 202511 min read

The Energy Balance Myth: Why Calories Aren’t the Key to Weight Control

And if a calorie is not a calorie — if we can’t reliably know how much of it is absorbed, how much is lost in digestion, and what its metabolic fate will be — then how would anyone know how many calories to cut? Are people expected to constantly battle with calorie math, obsess over every bite, track every number on an app, and then feel guilty for “going over” — even though the body never sees those calories the way the food label does?

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Sep 25, 202513 min read