Episode 34: How Calorie Restriction For Weight Loss Backfires

Mar 10, 2025

Welcome to Episode 34 of The Road to Carnivore Podcast!

Calorie restriction is America's dominant practice for losing weight, but most people don't realize how much this method actually sabotages having long lasting weight loss.

In this 8-minute episode you will learn why calorie restriction is not a good long term weight management solution.

Want a really good way to lose weight that actually works? Carnivore!

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Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman PhD

Effects of a very-low-calorie diet and physical-training regimens on body composition and resting metabolic rate in obese females

UCLA Health: Exercise activates non-insulin dependent glucose transport into muscle cells.

Insulin-associated weight gain in diabetes--causes, effects and coping strategies

Skeletal muscle metabolism is a major determinant of resting energy expenditure