Well said. Additionally, even if we reduce all foods down to calorie counts, some "calories" (foods) are more pro-inflammatory, while other "calories" are anti-

Well said. Additionally, even if we reduce all foods down to calorie counts, some "calories" (foods) are more pro-inflammatory, while other "calories" are anti-inflammatory. I'll let the reader guess which group highly processed foods vs whole foods tend to land in. On the balance, no mater how many calories you are taking in, if your body is experiencing inflammation from the foods you eat (while also lacking all kinds of anti-inflammatory compounds, both directly from the whole foods and as a result of bacterial metabolism of these foods)... you are not going to have as much energy to move your body around. Not to mention many other detrimental effects to your wellbeing and experience of energy levels. And this ignores all manner of more complex interactions between the foods we eat and host and microbial metabolism. See my nearby comment for one such example.