There is a diet approach called calorie counting. The concept behind this is that a person can manage their food inputs based upon matching their food calories with their metabolism. We have noted a serious problem with this approach, the primary problem being that it ignores food quality. That is a calorie is not necessarily a calorie. The body not only desired calories, but nutrients as well. If a low quality diet is consumed, the body can adjust appetite up in order to obtain more nutrients. This must be one of the major reasons behind the growth in obesity. It is not only that food is more plentiful (and exercise less common) but it is also lower in quality. This includes processed foods that have been greatly de-nutrified. 

Proposal

So our proposal is that by increasing the food quality, it is not only better for your health, but it will also decrease the calories consumed….naturally, therefore, the body has a natural balancing capability. However, it can only perform this balancing if it gets enough nutrients from the foods consumed.