Your Low-Carb Diet Also Has Fewer Calories

Tom Fitzgerald
4 min readApr 2, 2020

I believe the theory that fluctuations in body fat are driven by changes in energy balance. This means that energy intake from food and fluids, alongside energy expenditure from metabolism and activity, are the primary drivers of alterations in body composition. This can be known as the ‘energy balance hypothesis’.

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Tom Fitzgerald

Nutritionist & Exercise Scientist writing about health, business and my everyday life in Australia.