Comment by Nevermark
If you need to eat more, you need to eat more. You need a different mix
There isn’t a diet that works for everyone in both health & physical & psychological diet needs
The point is always making progress. Accumulating foods that work better. So learn and continually try things.
Anyone can make progress, that is beneficial.
I am still making progress, in food quality & convenience, which blows my mind.
And I don’t doubt there are medical and mental issues that need more than a healthy diet intervention
But that doesn’t eliminate the benefits from being healthier, easier.
You don’t know how much eating healthier automatically will impact seemingly independent or counter issues until trying. A sustained changed diet changes our responses to food physically & mentally in significant & positive ways.
My diet has changed me.
I don't doubt that, and good for you! In a sense, that should be obvious to anyone who's ever been a bit more edgy because they lacked the carbohydrates for the moment ("eat some sugar"), but larger changes will certainly trigger a larger change in body response (hormones, energy levels, mood...).
From the get go, I only challenged the notion that the main issue for people who want to lose weight is the type of the food they eat, but instead, the amount of the food they eat.
It seems like we are arguing past each other though :)