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Re:Effect of Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diet on 12-Month Weight Lo... by daxfohl on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @09:17PM (#16426313)
It's a bit surprising that the number of degrees burning your food will raise the temperature of water is related to weight gain. I find it more surprising that this simple relation has withstood the test of time.
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Re:Effect of Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diet on 12-Month Weight Lo... by sokoloff on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @09:21PM (#16426332)
Can’t tell if sarcastic or not. Burning food to release chemically stored energy therein seems like it would correlate naturally to the chemical energy an organism could extract.
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Re:Effect of Low-Fat vs. Low-Carb Diet on 12-Month Weight Lo... by daxfohl on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @10:22PM (#16426579)
Not at all sarcastic. I mean, we're told this process all the time so it seems like "duh", but if you really think about it there are lots of jumps and hand waving in that process.
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