RE: Ask a health and fitness specialist, Sept. 14, 2009 Ben Hodges's [weight loss advice is based][1] on the failed conventional wisdom that weight loss is simply a matter of burning more calories than you eat. The workings of the human body are a bit more sophisticated. Your body balances energy intake with expenditure; changing one will change the other. The more calories you burn, the more calories your body will demand. Likewise, the more calories you eat, the more calories your body will burn. The reverse is also true: if you eat less, your body will burn less. You simply can't trick your body into losing weight by such a crude method. Obesity is a hormonal problem, caused by...
