Why nutrition isn’t as simple as you think
25 Apr 2025 · 1 min
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The calories-in-calories-out model misses how your body actually works. Nutrition is messier and more complex than any simple formula, and what works for you changes over time.
The calories-in-calories-out model misses how your body actually works. Nutrition is messier and more complex than any simple formula, and what works for you changes over time.
People get frustrated with the nutrition world. They want the simple answers, things like calories in, calories out. We gravitate towards that. But we always need to appreciate that is incomplete. It does not do justice to the incredible beauty, complexity, which sometimes looks like messiness, that is inherent in our biology. And I think the moment you can accept that messiness, or what is really elegance, you can start to appreciate how cool your body is and embark on understanding it as a forever learning journey.
