"Obviously if someone just eats more to compensate there's no net gain" Words like "obviously" and "just" are papering over a complicated system called metabol

"Obviously if someone just eats more to compensate there's no net gain" Words like "obviously" and "just" are papering over a complicated system called metabolism. Nothing is really "just obvious" in human body, which is a result of a billion years of chaotic evolution. If artificial sugars mess with an average person's feelings of satiety or kill useful gut microbiome, you can't expect them to help an average person to lose weight. Things like hunger cravings matter for most people when it comes to weight regulation. You might be one of the few exceptions.