Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by danielheath on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:42PM
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Satiety index is per calorie. Needing a large volume per day indicates it’s low calorie per volume, which would support that claim.
That seems… counter intuitive. I would say something has a high satiety index if something small can fill you up.
Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by BizarroLand on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:02PM
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I think you may be confusing satiety with being "full".
You can eat 500 calories of butter and not feel even slightly full, but 500 calories of raw potato would have you full to bursting.
But satiety is defined as the state of being full. The satiety index should be based on volume not calories. Otherwise it’s not just unintuitive, it’s incorrect.
You don’t have to consume a certain number of calories to be full. You just need a large enough volume. Competitive eaters eat a huge amount of lettuce to feel “full” but it has almost no calories.
Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by BizarroLand on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @05:22PM
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Satiety is defined as "the feeling or state of being sated"
Full != (Sated OR Satisfied)
Sate is defined as “satisfy to the full”
Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by rootusrootus on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:42PM
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I can find claims that people were eating 14 pounds a day. That seems implausible. They'd have been really fat on nearly 5000 Calories per day.
If you're building a house or something 12 hours a day, you're going to burn that much.
Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:41AM
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I don't buy that. We've studied cultures where everyone works really hard all day. Their metabolism adjusts pretty well and functions at a level not too different from the rest of us.
https://www.lhsfna.org/burning-calories-on-the-job/
Burning 400 calories an hour for 12 hours would be about 5000 calories.
Anecdotally, I know a retired guy who's been constructing a gymnasium sized $150K play tube structure for the past month, and he's lost like 25lb.
What is a play tube because it makes me think of those structures that kids play in at McDonalds and something like that couldn’t possibly cost $150K.
Yes, it's something like that. I imagine the cost is proportional to the size and complexity of the particular setup? The company quoted $20k just to install it, which is why my acquaintance is volunteering to do it.
Athletes or active teens could eat that much easily
Re:Thoughts on the potato diet
by rootusrootus on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @11:44AM
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Very specific athletes can burn that much for a while. And teens can do it for a bit during growth spurts. But regular people? Nah. That's been studied pretty well. If you work hard all day, your metabolism compensates. It's also why exercise has quickly diminishing returns.
That doesn’t seem like it’s high in the satiety index.