r/MurderedByWords Aug 22 '19

Murder Take several seats

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u/anonymousQ_s Aug 22 '19

Calorie in calorie out works to lose weight no matter what the calories are. But, I think "works" should also mean sustainable. Fact is most people who lose weight gain it back. I have no idea why but they do.

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u/sexyhoebot Aug 23 '19 edited Aug 23 '19

Set point theory. Surprised you haven't heard of it.

actual scientific journal article discussing it if you want a read https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990627/

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u/uwfan893 Aug 23 '19

Sounds like horseshit to me.

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u/sexyhoebot Aug 23 '19

cool check out this recent study that has been done with gene selection in mice to reprogram body weight set points https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27689000