While this is still a restrictive diet, proponents believe it allows for more flexibility and more naturally matches a typical eating style. Assuming most humans need 1,600–3,000 calories per day, 1,200 calories would equate to around 40–75% of your usual intake ( 6). However, a notable difference of the metabolic confusion diet is that it allows relatively more calories on low calorie days. Interestingly, diets like these have been linked to better weight management and long-term compliance, since they allow you to take breaks from low calorie eating ( 2, 3, 4, 5).
Similarly, the metabolic confusion diet is designed to keep your metabolism “on its toes” due to varying food intake ( 1). The metabolic confusion diet is similar to modified alternate-day fasting, which involves eating 25% of your normal calorie intake one day, followed by a day of eating whatever you want ( 1). Though there’s no formal guideline, most programs suggest around 2,000 calories or more on higher intake days and no more than 1,200 calories on low intake days. High and low calorie days will look different for each person. Alternatively, you might eat high calorie meals for a week and then eat significantly fewer calories the following week. One way to use the diet would be to alternate between high and low calorie intakes every other day. It also recommends regular exercise, though it doesn’t have strict exercise requirements.
It’s a dieting style that allows you to alternate between high calorie and low calorie days or periods of time.
The metabolic confusion diet is also known as calorie cycling and calorie shifting.
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