• LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    Yeah, exactly, calories in vs calories out is just another myth that feeds the diet industry’s bottom line. It’s not accurate. Like bmi used to be the big thing, but that’s not an accurate measurement system at all.

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      7 hours ago

      question, you point out the diet industry, but how do you feel about the fast food industry purposely making their food addictive just to make a profit, health be damned?

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      14 hours ago

      Calories in calories out is literally just the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of energy. It’s a fact.

      Where it gets tricky is that the actual equation has quite a lot of variables.

      You could, for example, increase your passive energy requirements with this micro dose of exercise situation. Does it raise your body temp (or rather the demands to maintain it at homeostasis) for a longer period of time and thus increase calories demanded that way?

      Or, like a lot of fitness studies, it’s fucking junk because it trusts self reported calorie intakes.

    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net
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      13 hours ago

      This is untrue. Calories in vs calories out continues to be, and will always be the center point of weight loss. It’s just complicated by other factors like genetics, finding each individual calorie needs, and following diet and lifestyle patterns that are effective and sustainable.