A recent Type 2 diabetes study on younger people took a “calorie-deficit approach to decreasing energy intake by (specifically) limiting the intake of high fat, high sugar foods.” At the beginning of the study, the BMI of the test subjects was thirty-four. After five years of calorie counting and deficits, the average BMI was still thirty-four. While some weight loss happened in the beginning of the study, subjects eventually put the weight back on EVEN WHILE STILL UNDER A DEFICIT. Why? Because their hormones changed to reach homeostasis.191
