Furthermore, it is only in very recent times that we have been exposed to the plentiful availability of high calorie diets and sedentary lifestyles that drive obesity and T2D.
Water is clean, refreshing, plentiful, and — most importantly — calorie free.
Researchers now know that people who struggle with weight are battling evolution itself, which has programmed us to store calories when food is plentiful and, when food is scarce, to reduce calories we expend.
This time of year eating challenges are numerous, get-togethers happen often, and calorie-laden desserts become plentiful.
As nations industrialize, however, cheap, calorie-dense food becomes plentiful and leisure time becomes scarce.
Fortunately, there are some foods, such as oysters, that are not only plentiful during this season but also blissfully calorie-free.
If 20 years later the family gets a more plentiful yet still poor diet (with a lot of calories but not many micronutrients, such as iron or vitamins) she will become overweight or obese, while her children will suffer nutritional deficiency, such as anaemia or blindness.
Evidence that the calories in, calories out theory is too simplistic is plentiful.
Sunlight must be plentiful.
