Stop counting calories: your body is smarter than that.

Your body is a machine infinitely smarter than you think, and when you give it a calorie counter, you insult millions of years of evolution. In this short, special article that is accessible to everyone, I will explain Why counting calories is pointless, and how we were all fooled, myself included. I will also give you some ideas on how to achieve your goals and regain your full powers through diet.

The calorie diktat

For decades, we were led to believe that we had to weigh, measure, and scan every bite. The result? A constant battle with ourselves, repeated frustrations, and, all too often, paradoxical weight gain.

The truth is simpler, and much more liberating: when you eat exclusively raw food from low-carb or keto diet — meat, fish, eggs, butter, olive oil, avocado, full-fat cheeses, avocados — and a serving reasonable consumption of foods rich in carbohydrates (rice, pulses, vegetables-tubers, cereals ancient, fruit, pseudo-cereals, vegetables, and even modern wheat, but in small quantities), your body instantly regains its natural ability to regulate itself.

In the Blooness guide, you will discover a kind of «bible» of nutrition that explains in a concise and accessible way everything that leading researchers and health influencers have been sharing for years. However, the content available on the internet is dense and comes from many different sources. That's why this guide is the clearest and most accessible summary of all the different opinions coming out of these new nutritional trends.

Satiety, the return to animal instinct

But if we wanted to keep it simple, in reality, there is a very concrete way to put all the odds in our favor in terms of health, while returning to a metabolically «normal» weight, regardless of beauty standards. In reality, all you need to do is Prioritize the raw foods mentioned above, until you feel full..

So yes, there are a few pitfalls, such as the fact that consuming too much protein compared to fat (unless you say that there is a carbohydrate intake to compensate), or conversely, not consuming enough protein, or not knowing how to choose cuts of meat, consuming only the lean cuts available in supermarkets and thus exposing oneself to the risk of bone demineralization. But to avoid these pitfalls that no one talks about, The Blooness guide welcomes you with open arms..

The question here is rather whether, when preparing a meal or going to a restaurant, one should count calories. And contrary to the philosophy of this guide, which aims to be fairly consensual, we are going to be much more direct here: the answer is no.

Because your body doesn't know what a calorie is. A calorie from one food source is not the same as a calorie from another. And finally, your energy expenditure is impossible to estimate at this time, especially since it depends on many factors and changes from day to day.

In addition, there are many different scenarios, sometimes involving hormonal issues, chronic stress, heartbreak, or existential quests for meaning, which can hinder weight loss (or sometimes cause it!) and can also lead to certain illnesses.

But all other things being equal, if you want to optimize your longevity and possibly lose weight (without necessarily trying to do so, and I will come back a little later to when it is appropriate to try to do so), then all you need to do is consume the «star» foods of the diet lowcarb, which you can tailor to your tastes to create a Mediterranean diet or a diet instead meat-based and paleo, and consume them to your heart's content, with enough fats on your plate (without drowning in it) to encourage your body to tell you when it is no longer hungry.

And at that precise moment, you will realize that you are burning far more calories than you were before, without necessarily gaining weight, or even losing some. And one of the key indicators is that you will feel less cold, be less irritable, and have more energy to accomplish everyday tasks. Not to mention your libido, your desire to reconnect socially, or simply to make love.

The Superpowers of Satiety

Furthermore, by eating this way, you will feel so full that your meals will be much further apart, which will allow time for insulin to remain as low as possible, and you will «fast» without even realizing it, which will promote the autophagy process.

Then, thanks to this diet, your metabolism will increase, your hormonal system will be working at full capacity (no pun intended), and you will benefit from the «leverage effect» that I often mention in this guide, which will allow you, when the time comes, if you really want to be lean, to slightly reduce your intake (especially of fats) for a short period of time to lose weight quickly while benefiting from a high metabolism and full health. Your body will naturally switch from burning dietary fat to burning adipose fat, without going into «survival» mode.

With this type of plate, it becomes physiologically very difficult, if not impossible, to overeat. Volume, nutritional density, and hormonal signals (cholecystokinin, GLP-1, leptin) do the work for you.

No more calculations. No more voluntary restrictions. Just the deep pleasure of eating to your heart's content, and to stop naturally when your body says «thank you, that's perfect.» With this way of eating, you will finally be at peace with food, and skipping a meal will no longer feel like a deprivation. You will no longer have any addictions, and when it's time to sit down at the table, it will be a real pleasure, free of guilt.

The question of guilty pleasures

Furthermore, speaking of guilt, by eating this way to your heart's content, you can easily indulge in pizza, chocolate doughnuts, or any other meal you enjoy from time to time, without having to compensate for anything.

And for good reason: once you have reprogrammed your brain with the notion that a low-carb diet is normal and natural, rather than restrictive, then a plate of pasta in a good restaurant, the industrial pizza that is your Proust's madeleine, or the delicious ice cream you used to eat at the movies as a child will be nothing more than occasional lapses that you can allow yourself to enjoy with full awareness, without falling into the «what the heck» trap, since these lapses will no longer be seen as detrimental. Especially since the satiety induced by natural foods makes it difficult to overeat other types of food, and self-regulation will happen naturally.

Some people engage in witch hunts when it comes to casual pleasures, but I refer these health fanatics to the article on the dangers of personal development, inviting them to remember the last drunken evening when they laughed themselves silly with friends, the last regressive pleasure they experienced, or the last passionate thrill they felt off the beaten track, and so I remind them that Partying and small excesses have always been an integral part of human evolution., and that the top students are not necessarily the most accomplished or the most inspired.

In conclusion: reconnect with your instincts.

Returning to the topic of food, the subject here was to invite us, as living beings, to reconnect with our instincts, the very one that has caused us to evolve over the millennia, and from stop nitpicking when it comes to sitting down to eat.

Try it today: choose a good piece of fatty, gelatinous meat rich in collagen (I have provided a PDF here listing the best keto-friendly cuts of red meat that you can order now from your butcher.), or a good fish, eggs, offal, and to accompany it, vegetables with butter or tallow as desired, ideally well before bedtime.

Eat until your body tells you to stop. After that, gauge your energy level and tell me if you still want to pull out your calorie app (it would probably have turned red if it had seen your meal). In a month, take stock of your vitality, the quality of your skin, the effectiveness of your hula hoop, and your waistline.

Food freedom is not a dream. It's a return to basics.. And throughout this article, the message is quite simple: eat vegetables, protein and fat to satiety, and you will never have to worry about calories again.

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