So Ars reprinted that from the original at mosaicscience.com and I guess that&#x27;s from a  Gastropod  episode or at least that&#x27;s a podcast companion to the story. It&#x27;s on soundcloud.com  iTunes<p>Really interesting read on why it&#x27;s so damn hard to figure out how to lose weight, or why it&#x27;s so hard to control our eating sometimes. Is it genetics, gut microbes, insulin, existing fat cells? All of the above? More and more the science seems to agree stop eating sugar&#x2F;carbs&#x2F;whatever and that seems to help most people. BUT not everyone responds to sugar&#x2F;carbs&#x2F;whatever the same way if you measure blood sugar after you eat. AND it&#x27;s hard to actually measure calories. Sure was much easier when all we had to do was &quot;avoid fats&quot;, but apparently that was just wrong.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mosaicscience.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;why-calorie-broken" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mosaicscience.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;why-calorie-broken</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;soundcloud.com&#x2F;gastropodcast&#x2F;the-end-of-the-calorie" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;soundcloud.com&#x2F;gastropodcast&#x2F;the-end-of-the-calorie</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;geo.itunes.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;podcast&#x2F;the-end-of-the-calorie&#x2F;id918896288?i=361353657&amp;amp;mt=2" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;geo.itunes.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;podcast&#x2F;the-end-of-the-calor...</a>