Superhumanistic Health & Wellness
Jul 11, 2026 · 7 min · 10 segments
On this episode of Superhumanistic, David and Jessica challenge one of the biggest myths in the world of health and wellness: that eating less is always the key to losing weight. They dive deep into…
But because you're not actually eating enough.
That kind of sounds backwards, but for a lot of people, it's exactly what's happening.
So whether your goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, or just maintain, your body actually needs enough energy to function properly.
Okay.
If it doesn't get that energy?
It starts working against us instead of with us.
Okay, next we'll jump into the science.
It's really simple and clear.
So let's break this down.
Calories are basically energy.
Yeah, your body uses that energy for everything.
So movement, brain function, hormone production, all of it.
So when you drastically cut calories...
Your body doesn't go, oh, great, let's burn fat.
It actually goes, we are in danger.
And it starts conserving calories.
Next, we'll jump into that metabolic response when it comes to this information.
And this is where the metabolism actually comes in, which we always hear so much about.
Always hear people say, oh, I have a really fast metabolism, or I have a slow metabolism, or I'm big boned or something.
So we'll get into that a little bit more detail.
Right.
So when we start to diet, or in other words, under-eat, our metabolism actually is slowing down.
And then your body becomes more efficient in a bad way.
So we start burning fewer calories and holding onto fat and sometimes even breaking down our muscles.
And that's the thing you're actually trying to avoid is that fat storage.
But because you're not actually eating enough.
That kind of sounds backwards, but for a lot of people, it's exactly what's happening.
So whether your goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, or just maintain, your body actually needs enough energy to function properly.
Okay.
If it doesn't get that energy?
It starts working against us instead of with us.
Okay, next we'll jump into the science.
It's really simple and clear.
So let's break this down.
Calories are basically energy.
Yeah, your body uses that energy for everything.
So movement, brain function, hormone production, all of it.
So when you drastically cut calories...
Your body doesn't go, oh, great, let's burn fat.
It actually goes, we are in danger.
And it starts conserving calories.
Next, we'll jump into that metabolic response when it comes to this information.
And this is where the metabolism actually comes in, which we always hear so much about.
Always hear people say, oh, I have a really fast metabolism, or I have a slow metabolism, or I'm big boned or something.
So we'll get into that a little bit more detail.
Right.
So when we start to diet, or in other words, under-eat, our metabolism actually is slowing down.
And then your body becomes more efficient in a bad way.
So we start burning fewer calories and holding onto fat and sometimes even breaking down our muscles.
And that's the thing you're actually trying to avoid is that fat storage.
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