If you really want to lose weight, it helps to separate the science from the nonsense. Most of weight loss is
custom and practice, not based on science. There’s no significant science that suggests it makes a difference in
terms of weight loss if you eat once, twice or six times a day. There’s no significant science that suggests it makes
a difference if you eat early in the morning or late at night. There is science that suggests that if you cut your
carbohydrate intake enough (up to about 8 grams per feeding), and keep your calories under 1500, you’ll lose
weight twice as fast on this low carbodhydrate, low calorie intake – than you will on the same number of calories
but with more carbohydrate. There’s no significant science that suggests behavioral measures (putting your fork
down between bites, writing down everything you eat) work in the long run. There’s no science that suggests
hypnosis or acupuncture or homeopathy or prayer works for weight loss. So, what works? Keeping your
calories under about 1500 a day, and keeping your carbohydrate intake as low as possible (ideally under
10grams per meal). And drinking at least a gallon of water or non-caloric fluid a day, to prevent kidney damage.