During times of abundance, our ancestors would store extra body fat so that when the inevitable famine was upon them, they could tap into that stored energy to survive.

In this survival state, the body begins to lower the metabolism to slow down energy consumption.

This is a critical point to understand concerning crash dieting. Going too low in calories will cause your body to mimic the metabolic reactions of our ancestors. Your internal processes will fight back if you are not eating enough food.

Not until your body receives enough nutrition does it move into a state of abundance, where the metabolism is firing correctly, energy levels are high, and insulin resistance is low.

The right way to lose fat? Slowly, being careful not to work against yourself by going too low in calories.

There is one more catch to this concept. Most people consume food and drink that is largely devoid of nutrients. Our ancestors could easily flip back and forth between survival and abundance due to the high nutritional content of their food.

Micronutrient deficiencies are so prevalent in today’s society that we are fighting an obesity epidemic driven by excess fat storage and improper metabolism regulation.

This is all to say, to truly succeed in dropping fat, you must eat fewer calories, AND those calories need to be from quality, highly nutritious sources. We know you’ve been told this before in school health classes, but now hopefully, it makes a little more sense as to why!