As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up

Re:As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up by Fricken on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @07:27PM (#13825417)

When your body is breaking down simple carbohydrates, it causes your blood sugar levels to spike, and during this period you're packing away more fat than you would otherwise. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle it's really bad. It does matter where you're getting your calories from.

This is why poor people have greater obesity problems than the rest. Potato Chips, white bread, pasta, and of course sugar feature prominently in their daily calorie intake, these are the cheapest calories you can make a diet out of.

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Re:As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up by revelation on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @07:47PM (#13825612)

None of that matters, it's like jitter on a clock line. The timespans we are talking (months), these differences vanish.

I'm sure there are tons of intricacies in how metabolism works, but glycogen storage in a human is about 2000 kJ. Once your deficit surpasses that (and we'll happily allow a multiple to account for any error here), your body will either consume fat or you'll experience actual low blood sugar and drop dead.

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