Were there any experiments in the book where they varied the diet (instead of exercise), and measured how it affects the metabolism?
Unfortunately no; Pontzer's work seems to focus exclusively on the CO side of CICO. At least in this book. The only diet things was the Biggest Loser and similar, where he briefly mentions that caloric restriction will downregulate your metabolism.
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Were there any experiments in the book where they varied the diet (instead of exercise), and measured how it affects the metabolism?
Unfortunately no; Pontzer's work seems to focus exclusively on the CO side of CICO. At least in this book. The only diet things was the Biggest Loser and similar, where he briefly mentions that caloric restriction will downregulate your metabolism.