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Anon watches The Whale (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Being grossly overweight is deletorious to your health. Cardio or exercise will not change this, because weight loss is mostly driven by diet.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Its both. Calorie in. Calorie out. Any calories not used will be stored for later. Keep consuming more than used, than more and more gets stored. The problem with modern diets is food is very enegry dense and a lot of people dont live active lives. Our bodies have not adapted to such lifestyles. Its adapted to survive until the next hunt not the next doordash delivery.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    It's not only the caloric density, but also the actual makeup of the food. The bacteria species that live inside us are determined by what we feed them, and they heavily influence our feelings/behavior and body composition. Simply burning more calories with the wrong diet is an uphill battle.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Our bodies are not bomb calorimeters. Calorie intake and expenditure are not independent variables. The human body is more than a simple linear equation. Please, stop propagating these myths.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    I mean, sure. Not every single calorie you consumed gets absorbed and expelled. Fiber has tons of calories, but our bodies cant digest it so its simply expelled. Its very naunce argument. Thats why i selectively said "enegry dense food" sugars and fats are easily broken down and absorbed. I was not intending you to interpret it as meaning if you eat a gram of uranium, that your body would suddenly gain 18 million calories.

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