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Pittsburg, Kansas | That is a good explanation I agree with.
In addition to what you said anothet point is how much energy it takes the body to process specific calories.
For example, 2000 calories of sugar will raise insulin and go mostly to the bloodstream to be stored as fat for any energy above current body needs. Whereas 2000 calories of NY strip steak will require a good portion of its total energy to just digest it because protein is a poor energy source. So some of those excess calories will go to glucose in the blood stream via gluconeogenesis but a lot will be wasted as digestion energy consumed. Eating 2000 calories of sugar will accumulate body fat quicker than 2000 calories of steak. Because of both insulin response AND the difference in energy needed to digest. Brocolii takes almost as much energy to digest as the carbs it provides to do so. Why a person can eat all they want of Brocolii in a low carb diet setting. A calorie of Brocolii doesn’t digest as easily as a calorie of potato or bread. Calorie is a heat measurement. Not a digestive net energy measurement.
Sawdust will burn in a caloriometer. But a calorie of sawdust will not produce the same glucose response sugar or even steak will when consumed. A calorie is not a calorie the way the body utilizes different foods. Hormones control what the body does with the energy. Calories matter but so does hormone control of excess energy. Namely insulin but others also.
Edited by John Burns 12/24/2024 05:36
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