You are absolutely right. I've dived deep into the science of fat loss and my intent in this article was to deliberately keep it simple.

If I dove into explaining ghrelin, leptin, hormone regulation, macro tweaking and so on, it would've gotten too complex for the layman to understand.

I've added a section addressing the very point you brought up.

Kindly check it out. It's titled "Edit 1: An Important Thing to Address"