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Counting Calories is a Ridiculous Way to Try to Lose Weight

It just Does NOT Work. We’ve all done it.

Dr. Jason Fung
7 min readMay 2, 2018

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The calorie theory of obesity has been perhaps one of the greatest failures in the history of medicine. Given the number of excess deaths caused by metabolic syndrome, you could argue that it is a bigger disaster than World War II. It is based on a complete misinterpretation of the energy…

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Dr. Jason Fung

Nephrologist. New York Times best selling author. Interest in type 2 diabetes reversal and intermittent fasting. Founder www.TheFastingMethod.com.