> people who exercise more are overwhelmingly more likely to be a healthy weight.
They are also more likely to eat better and have healthier lifestyle habits, not to mention the social affluence correlation. That being said, a caloric deficit is a sure way to lose weight. The whole and unprocessed plant based foods the article aludes to can help bridge the gap between the caloric deficit and satiety.
Yes. Agree completely with you on people who exercise more being more likely to eat better and have healthier lifestyle habits.
That said, while I recognise that there's a psychological reason for that correlation, i.e., someone looking to exercise more for health or aesthetics reasons is probably more likely to also make similar choices aroung their diet and general lifestyle, the crux of my fledgling theory is that exercising itself can change things in your body in such a way that you, for example, start to crave certain foods and disprefer others.
I'm excited to explore the idea and my experiences testing it further. But with that said, the real lesson is that, whether your theory as to why something works is true or not, it doesn't effect the fact that it works. So, when a scientist (or secondary source like this) comes along and suggests that you don't need to do that thing, there's good reasons to be sceptical of such certainty when your observations seem to suggest it is in fact effective.
They are also more likely to eat better and have healthier lifestyle habits, not to mention the social affluence correlation. That being said, a caloric deficit is a sure way to lose weight. The whole and unprocessed plant based foods the article aludes to can help bridge the gap between the caloric deficit and satiety.