• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Wrong in so many ways.

    Yes, diets primarily work by caloric deficit. But if you eat nothing but Snickers and maintain a calory deficit you’re gonna have a bad time.

    You should read up in low carb, something doctors have recommended for diabetic patients since the 1930’s, because of how metabolism works (specifically glycemic response to specific macro nutrients).

    This chart is meaningless.

    If anyone wants a better layman’s understanding, read “The Zone” by Barry Sears (a biochemist). Don’t read any other books of his, just the first one from the early 90’s.

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      4 months ago

      Always reassuring to suggest a scientist and then say “but don’t read anything more recent”

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      4 months ago

      But if you eat nothing but Snickers and maintain a calory deficit you’re gonna have a bad time.

      But you would lose weight, because of the deficit. It’s just that it would be very difficult to maintain that diet for myriad reasons.