Isn’t that still with the goal of consuming less energy? We can treat a calorie as some strange artefact, but burning is the best way to break all bonds and release energy, and water is a common substance that holds heat well. It’s all basic thermodynamics. Any diet that works is some variation of eat less, move more. It isn’t just you whose metabolism and hunger change with weight, it’s everybody. And it goes both ways. If you start to gain weight, your metabolism speeds up. And the longer you’ve been at your current weight, the more your body resists change.

But regardless, whether it makes your body burn fat more easily so you don’t stay hungry or whether it burns a different kind of energy, it’s all an alleged trick to make calorie dense foods make you lose weight. I appreciate that it may work for you, but I’ve seen it not work enough that I wouldn’t recommend it.

And final thoughts. Sometimes I might have to limit myself to stay healthy, but I really like not having to ever give anything up, just to have everything in moderation.