The 8 biggest body fat myths-#1

MYTH: YOU CAN EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT

The cause of excess body fat is a positive energy balance, meaning you take in more energy(calories) than you burn. This is not a theory, it is scientific fact, and you can locate references stating so in every nutritional biochemistry and exercise science textbook ever published, as well as thousands of exercise science, nutrition, and obesity journal papers, which have all been through scrupulous peer review.

Many people still deny the law of calorie balance in the face of scientific evidence. Some proponents of low-carbohydrate diets are especially notorious for this. They believe that as long as you cut enough carbs, you can eat as much as you want. I assure you, if you have a maintenance level of 2,000 calories and ingest 4,000 calories of protein and fat(with no carbs), you will gain fat. A lot. Fast. Like the law of gravity, the law of energy balance keeps on working whether you believe it or not.