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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by Retric on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:27AM (#33370532)
Except it isn’t really 4g per day in a vacuum. As you gain weight every kg needs an additional ~20 calories per day to sustain its basic processes. So by year 20 you are eating an extra 600 calories per day to sustain that weight plus an extra 4g (~36 calories) to continue to gain weight which is a quite noticeable amount of food.

At this point cutting the equivalent of 50+ oz of coke or a little more than a Big Mac per day would leave you feeling hungry, but that food slowly crept in over time.

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by vsareto on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:32AM (#33370574)
An extra 600/day is incredibly easy to get with American food and habits
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by NoBreakfirst on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:39AM (#33370618)
I was about to pick up some frozen bar for 550 calorie yesterday. I used to eat two on a whim. Never realized that it’s basically lunch.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by checkyoursudo on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:49AM (#33370713)
I think this is a key point. Not just for weight control but for so many things.

It is agonizingly simple to destroy near constant mindfulness with a few moments of mindlessness.

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by isthisthingon99 on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:57AM (#33370795)
This is why I love trading. You cannot falter. It has changed my personality as well.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by angrais on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:24AM (#33371082)
Do you mean training or trading as in stock trading?
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by isthisthingon99 on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:41AM (#33371277)
Stock
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by e12e on Friday October 28, 2022 @10:25AM (#33371751)
Presumably trading meat stock for vegetable stock? ;)
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by Raidion on Friday October 28, 2022 @10:56AM (#33372145)
Poker has the same vibe. You need to consistently made good decisions, even in the face of adversity, with the hope that the long run is long enough for those decisions to pay off.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by isthisthingon99 on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:48AM (#33372968)
Yep
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by rootusrootus on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:28AM (#33372646)
As fun as it is to make fun of Americans, many European countries aren't that far behind. It is a universal problem.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by andy_ppp on Friday October 28, 2022 @08:59AM (#33370828)
I think as you age you want to eat more food not less, certainly with the standard American diet. I really haven’t yet found a solution apart from doing up a house myself, 8 solid hours of DIY per day and you’ll lose weight no problem. I lost about 10kg during that time without even thinking about it.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by mattwest on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:36AM (#33371224)
One part of that is higher caloric demand, but the other part is your capacity to burn calories. As you become more fit, your body can draw on more calories in a given moment. Fit people can burn more calories per hour, usually by a large margin
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by swarnie on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:22AM (#33371057)
> 50+ oz

Sorry just need to convert that to real units for the rest of the world - 1478.68ml

Nah bugger off, literally no one is drinking 1.5 litres of Coke a day, absolute madness.

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by zython on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:38AM (#33371246)
600 kcal in other terms is: a sandwich and 2 small pieces of chocolate

2 sausages and two eggs

Coke isnt really more energy dense than orange juice but getts a worse rep, my point being is that if you dont pay attention to the actual energy contained in your food 600 kcal can be inhaled in a whim.

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by skeeter2020 on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:48AM (#33371355)
>> 600 kcal in other terms is: a sandwich and 2 small pieces of chocolate

That's a pretty small sandwich, with none of the fun toppings.

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by jragoon on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:49AM (#33371375)
I'm an American, and I usually consume about 48oz of Coke Zero a day.. So definitely believable.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by swarnie on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:52AM (#33371401)
Like.... Why?

That sounds horrendous

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by ndlzk on Friday October 28, 2022 @10:34AM (#33371840)
If you drink it with meals I don’t see why not. Or even as a snack. Coca Cola is delicious.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by swarnie on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:41PM (#33378292)
Its sugary cancer water, why not have... water?

How much is insulin in your geo?

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by bscphil on Friday October 28, 2022 @10:21PM (#33380368)
Coke Zero is zero calorie, it has no sugar.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by zimpenfish on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:52AM (#33371408)
> Nah bugger off, literally no one is drinking 1.5 litres of Coke a day, absolute madness.

I know people who have done that in the past - it's one bottle or 5 cans or 3 medium bottles or 2.6 pints (easily done if you're spending 8 hours a day in the pub as we did at uni.)

(I'm pretty sure I've had periods where I've drunk the daily equivalent in coke, coffee, redbull, etc.)

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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by buescher on Friday October 28, 2022 @09:56AM (#33371432)
If only that were true. A day? Try: in one sitting. Convienence stores in the USA have sold 64 oz cups of soda for decades. https://www.delish.com/food/news/a39120/super-sized-beverage...
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by evandale on Friday October 28, 2022 @11:16AM (#33372445)
Anecdotally, I have a family member that drinks nearly 4L a day. He gets two 64oz big gulps from 7/11 every day. Not even diet - it's regular Coke.
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Re:How food powers your body's metabolism by dekhn on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:07PM (#33375049)
yes, plenty of people are drinking that much
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