I hope you read the last line of the article too :- > "Everything I wrote above is what worked for me – that is not to say it will work for everyone. I am also

I hope you read the last line of the article too :- > "Everything I wrote above is what worked for me – that is not to say it will work for everyone. I am also not a doctor, I’m an engineer, so none of this is medical advice – please consult your doctor." This is just a person who wants to show HOW they did it. You can read all the scientific papers you want, but ultimately you have to put that knowledge into practice. You'll find that people have lost weight in various ways, including what you call "unscientific" or bro-science. We have a very fuzzy understanding of human metabolic pathways, and an incomplete knowledge of their interactions with each other. If you want to dismiss somebody's data you have to first understand and explain the data, and then add your point of view. Its a bit like telling Usain bolt hes doing it wrong because he has technical imperfections in his form, but meanwhile hes still winning races.