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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by jzoch on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:08PM (#17612822)
If you are a tall male 3500 kcal is not professional athlete region. Hell, if you are a young male < 25 thats not a huge amount.
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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by dogma1138 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:18PM (#17612912)
Outside of exteeme cases it is: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/07/24/157317262/ho...

People also tend to overestimate how much calories they consume a day when you average it out over a period of time.

You can have days with 4500 kcal and days with 2500 kcal.

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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by simonbarker87 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:14PM (#17612880)
Yeah, a couple of my taller buddies gave up on the gym as they saw no results. In hindsight it was clear they just weren’t eating anywhere near enough, if you are tall and active 4K+ is not insane
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Re:The carbs-obesity hypothesis by cko on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:18PM (#17612917)
Yup I am 170lbs and 3500 Calories a day is just enough for me to play an hour of basketball a few times a week and be able to gain a little bit of muscle.
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