[JeffSnazzy]

> Again, we have actual research around calorie restriction + exercise.

Again, you're missing the other side of the comparison implied by "restriction"—restricted from what? You can't just avoid calories entirely.

[JumpCrisscross]

> restricted from what

From baseline. Which for almost every person is higher than is healthy.

> can't just avoid calories entirely

Who said this? Even the title says “eating less” not “starve and die.”

[JeffSnazzy]

> Which for almost every person is higher than is healthy

Why not just say "eat baseline calories"? Assuming everyone is overweight is weird.

[watwut]

This assumption is why eating disorders are on the rise. Increasing amount of population eats significantly less then they need and are terrified of eating more.

And at every step, they hear that they surely eat too much.