Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong

by Giles Yeo

In the liver, however, under a number of different conditions, such as during fasting, starvation, a low-carbohydrate diet or prolonged strenuous exercise, a significant fraction of acetyl-CoA is converted by a process called ketogenesis to ketone bodies, or simply ketones (Figure 6).

Put simply, a calorie of protein makes you feel fuller than a calorie of fat, than a calorie of carb, in that order.

9 calories per gram of fat 3.8 calories per gram of sugar 3.6 calories per gram of complex carbs.

3.2 calories per gram of protein.

If you focus on health, your weight will take care of itself.