Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a...
by ccanassa on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @09:56AM
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No, if that was true people would be always over or under the weight as it's impossible to know exactly how much calories the body consumes.
> Yes, the body adapts to it by storing or eliminating fat (among other things).
No, it compensates by changing your metabolic rate mostly. You eat less, you will feel more lethargic, you eat more and you will fill (and be) more active
It may not be possible to know or calculate the exact intake and output values, but those values are not needed. Your body gives you cues.
> eating a little more or less has absolutely not discernible effect the body adapts to it.
Yes, the body adapts to it by storing or eliminating fat (among other things).