The Fat Feedback Loop
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 23 май 2024
- This is why it's so hard for people to lose weight.
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @sgcarney
Get Exclusive Updates on Patreon:
/ sgcarney
Substack
sgcarney.substack.com/
Scott Carney Investigates Podcast
www.scottcarney.com/podcast
RUclips / @sgcarney
Books:
The Wedge
www.scottcarney.com/the-wedge
What Doesn't Kill Us
www.scottcarney.com/what-does...
The Enlightenment Trap
www.scottcarney.com/the-enlig...
The Vortex
www.scottcarney.com/the-vortex
The Red Market
www.scottcarney.com/the-red-m...
Listen to the Scott Carney Investigates Podcast on:
RUclips
• Scott Carney Investigates
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/5Eez65b...
Anchor:
spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/...
Social Media:
Instagram / sgcarney
Facebook / scottcarneyauthor
Twitter / sgcarney
Bluesky staging.bsky.app/profile/sgca...
©PokeyBear LLC (2023)
Much appreciation to the people willing to donate their bodies for us to learn from!
🙏
Really excellent. (I totally overlooked the thermal effect of fat) *As a former powerlifter I was some 90lbs heavier.
So, this particular message is untrue - at least when talking about this being a reason it is harder to lose fat. In truth, heavier people, regardless of by fat or muscle, require more calories to maintain that mass. (Muscle requires more calories than fat, but both require calories.) Further, it takes more energy to regulate temperature than any help from insulation in most modern environments humans are in regularly.
That is not to say that the intent of the message is wrong, just that this isn’t the mechanism.
You seem to be saying that the thermal effect that fat offers is only a part of what it requires to stay warm.
No argument here I simply don’t know but the author would be correct in the main unless you are implying that added fat insulation is a small or insignificant part of the what the body needs to stay warm.
@@etiennetaylor8048 if you take the author’s argument, it would suggest that fat people need fewer calories to survive. The opposite is the case - fat people require more calories to maintain their weight.
There are many reasons why it is difficult to lose weight, but the author’s argument is not one.
@@ibsulon I don’t know quite enough to come firmly down on anyone’s side. I was intrigued by Scott’s post because I’d not heard of the phenomenon before.
@@ibsulon I think that Scott’s premise rests on the idea that fat people at least when in calorie deficit consume some stored body fat in addition to the calories they consume through eating.
@@etiennetaylor8048that’s because his source is: “I made it the eff up.”
Fat isn’t an neutral insulator, if you’ve ever touched body fat, you realize that all fat is body temperature, so it requires energy to maintain.
My 150 lbs of fat does a great job insulating my body. The weirdest thing is when the skin on my belly is cold to the touch even when I feel like I’m hot. I definitely experience sharp temperature contrasts between what I feel internally versus what my skin feels. I was very fit only a few years ago (a classic pandemic fatty), so I notice things about being fat that people who’ve always been fat just take for normal.
I’ve also noticed that my body warms up significantly after overeating. When I was more disciplined with my eating habits, this never really happened. After devouring an entire pizza, I’ll lay on my bed with a fan on and feel both hot (inside) and cold (on the skin) at the same time.
I’m digging some of these alternative shorter content ideas/styles of edutainment you’ve been doing.
Metabolism is a key player.
😯