Tag: Calorie shifting

According to a 2014 study published in the *International Journal of Preventive Medicine*, a calorie-shifting diet can lead to greater weight loss and better adherence than a traditional calorie-restricted diet over a six-week period. The core premise behind the metabolic confusion diet is strategically alternating your calorie intake to theoretically 'confuse' your metabolism and prevent it from adapting to a low-calorie state.

While proponents suggest it can 'trick' your body into burning more fat, the effectiveness of the so-called 'metabolism trick diet' is rooted more in creating a calorie deficit than in metabolic wizardry. This approach, officially termed metabolic confusion or calorie cycling, involves alternating your daily calorie intake between high and low amounts to ostensibly prevent metabolic slowdown during weight loss.