Let s play Sherlock Holmes for a few minutes, let s begin at the beginning and follow the deductive reasoning that illustrates these simple facts. Looking at the facts in a logical sequence demonstrates why you are compelled to eat more calories than you use. Food is the fuel your body needs to keep your motor running. Your body chemically converts a large portion of the food you eat into energy. The energy producing portions of the food you eat are either burned, stored as fat, or disposed of.
Bodies are very efficient machines.
They will store as much excess energy as they can to guard against running out of fuel. When your car runs out of fuel you can just park it until you get some more, but if your body runs out of fuel you die. There is little question that it is best to get the nutrients your body needs from food because your body was designed to use essential elements arranged by biological mechanisms. Unlike plants, your body can t effectively use elements that come directly from the soil. It has been known for a long time that essential elements were not in our foods but before now there was little that could be done about it.