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There Is No Such Thing As A “Calorie” (To Your Body)

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there is no such thing as a “calorie”

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the conce of the “calorie”

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what is a “calorie”

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the dietary calorie is defined as “the amount of energy required to increase the temperature of of water by 1 degree kelvin

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the dietary calorie is actually a “ calorie” = 1000 calories

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it's an obsolete unit: the “joule” is the modern unit of energy. there are joules in a calorie

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this is a bomb calorimeter. note: not equivalent to the human digestive and metabolic system

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there is no biochemical system in our bodies whose input is a “calorie

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food be used to build and repair our tissues

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note that only the last of these fates—immediate conversion to energy—even approximates the definition of a dietary “calorie

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note that “our current metabolic and nutritional state” is the definition of satiety

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while space does not permit a full exploration of all the possible fates of an ingested “calorie”

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possible fates of a “calorie”: protein

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imagine a molecule of “protein

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possible fates of a “calorie”: fructose

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a typical big gulp contains over of hfcs. even the typical “healthy” fruit smoothie contains over 90 grams of high-fructose fruit sugar

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an adult liver only store

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now ask yourself: which of the above fates has any meaning relative to the definition of a “calorie

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possible fates of a “calorie”: starch

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i can't possibly explore all the fates of starch

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a 155 pound adult at bodyfat will contain 66 pounds of muscle

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then

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people

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note that these proteins and fats be part of living tissues: neuropathy

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are you starting to understand why the conce of a “calorie” is so oversimplified as to be effectively meaningless

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possible fates of a “calorie”: fat

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energy loss when food is converted to different forms of storage

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how different types and quantities of dietary protein

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how the fate of a “calorie” depends on the composition of the other foods it's eaten with

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how different types and quantities of food

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conclusion: the conce of a “calorie” is so oversimplified as to be meaningless

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food be used to build and repair our tissues

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note that only the last of these fates—immediate conversion to energy—even approximates the definition of a dietary “calorie

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there is no biochemical system in our bodies whose input is a “calorie

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the food we eat has many possible fates

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biochemical individuality means that the optimum diet

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friend of mine once said “the problem

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problem: our bodies don't use “calories

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every metabolic pathway in our body starts

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it be used to build enzymes

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it be used to build bile

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it be used by gut bacteria to keep themselves alive

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completely unused

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it be converted to a form in which it can be stored

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it be transported to an individual cell that takes it in

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the possible fates i listed above

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imagine a molecule of fructose

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the problem here should be obvious

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it be used to build enzymes

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it be used to build bile

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it be used by gut bacteria to keep themselves alive

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completely unused

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it be converted to a form in which it can be stored

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it be transported to an individual cell that takes it in

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