I wasn't really commenting on this article, so much as on the comment I was replying to. But, what's wrong is that it's an oversimplification of how the human

I wasn't really commenting on this article, so much as on the comment I was replying to. But, what's wrong is that it's an oversimplification of how the human body regulates fat levels. This oversimplification leads many to employ strategies of weight loss that revolve around simply measuring the calories they expend vs the calories they consume while ignoring the source of calories or other habits which affect hormone levels. I'm not an expert on nutrition, fitness, biology, genetics or medicine... so you are free to dismiss my assertions if you require such a qualification. Though, I do recommend reading some Nassim Nicolas Taleb, as he makes a much better case for what I'm discussing while also dismissing the idea that one needs to be an expert to recognize bullshit. Also, I personally think articles drawing conclusions from scientific studies shouldn't be published before the study is replicated... but of course, that would reduce the supply of articles for the ravenous pseudo-scientific commenter and we'd have to have more rigorous arguments on a smaller set of more rigorous information and people would run the risk of coming to all sorts of agreements and reducing click-through.