The name isn ' t meant literally . In the book , Taub talks about how food and diet is much more complex than just CICO . Our bodies are hormonal system and not mechanical systems . There are so many factors in play that such an oversimplification is ridiculous . He points to refined sugar and the way insulin causes fat retention . It ' s a really good , if not dense , book . He wrote one that is supposed to be a little bit easier to read and understand called Why we get fat and what to do about it . I also can provide a link to a pdf that is notes from the book if you ' d like . It gives a bunch of points to go off of . <| sep |> No doubt itll be akin to the cod jackal game in both length and scope . Still cool though