Why Are Thin People Not Fat? (Horizon Documentary)
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Depressing viewing if you're fat
One thing that didn't seem to be accounted for with weight gain/body fat % gain was the content of the food each participant was eating. Yes they were all eating crappy food but what if some were eating foods high in fat while others were eating more meals during the day which had a lower fat content? Or is that irrelevant and it is just about calories consumed?
I've always been skinny and probably always will be but when I actually make the effort then I can put on lean muscle quite quickly, so I'd hazard a guess that I'm quite genetically similar to the Asian chappy in the video
One thing that didn't seem to be accounted for with weight gain/body fat % gain was the content of the food each participant was eating. Yes they were all eating crappy food but what if some were eating foods high in fat while others were eating more meals during the day which had a lower fat content? Or is that irrelevant and it is just about calories consumed?
I've always been skinny and probably always will be but when I actually make the effort then I can put on lean muscle quite quickly, so I'd hazard a guess that I'm quite genetically similar to the Asian chappy in the video
Juanco20 said:
Depressing viewing if you're fat
One thing that didn't seem to be accounted for with weight gain/body fat % gain was the content of the food each participant was eating. Yes they were all eating crappy food but what if some were eating foods high in fat while others were eating more meals during the day which had a lower fat content? Or is that irrelevant and it is just about calories consumed?
I've always been skinny and probably always will be but when I actually make the effort then I can put on lean muscle quite quickly, so I'd hazard a guess that I'm quite genetically similar to the Asian chappy in the video
It's irrelevant. Excessive calories will make you fatter. This is partly because they were asked to avoid exercise. If they had lifted weights and ate a lot of protein, their BF% would have been different even if their weight still went up.One thing that didn't seem to be accounted for with weight gain/body fat % gain was the content of the food each participant was eating. Yes they were all eating crappy food but what if some were eating foods high in fat while others were eating more meals during the day which had a lower fat content? Or is that irrelevant and it is just about calories consumed?
I've always been skinny and probably always will be but when I actually make the effort then I can put on lean muscle quite quickly, so I'd hazard a guess that I'm quite genetically similar to the Asian chappy in the video
Hoofy said:
It's irrelevant. Excessive calories will make you fatter. This is partly because they were asked to avoid exercise. If they had lifted weights and ate a lot of protein, their BF% would have been different even if their weight still went up.
SoParticipant 1 - 5000 calories split 50/30/20 carbs, protein, fat
Participant 2- 5000 calories split 40/20/40 carbs, protein, fat
All other things being equal, do they have the same % body fat gain? Or does candidate two have a higher gain due to eat more fat dense foods?
All purely hypothetical
Flibble said:
Eating fat doesn't make you fat.
You can take that further.Eating cholesterol doesn't give you high blood cholesterol, and eating sugar doesn't make you sweet, either. In fact, with the exception of fondue, food does not re-form into it's original ingredients inside you.
And the medical profession have known this since at least the 1930s, yet we are still given a pack of b
ks about what we should and should not eat.There is a great, big, profitable elephant in the room.
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