drtbear1967
Musclechemistry Board Certified Member
It's not hormones, it's not insulin, it's CALORIES. (1)
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No matter how many PhDs a person has, if they tell you fat loss is not about calories they don't know the literature and are WRONG.
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As the pictures show, your body can adapt its physical activity (NEAT) and metabolic rate to reduce your caloric deficit, meaning that the effect of eating the same amount of calories plateaus, but these changes do NOT refute the calories in calories out principle.
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There are strategies to reverse your body's adaptations to a caloric deficit. Diet breaks are one of them (2). For the complete picture, check out our fat loss ebook Diet Like a Doctor, linked in the bio [FONT=-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]@ebtofficial[/FONT].
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If someone you know is trying to burn fat, build muscle, or get healthy, send them here. EBT (Evidence Based Training). Two doctors with a passion for making science simple. Check out ebtofficial.com for our free big guides. DM us to join [FONT=-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]#teamEBT[/FONT]and share scientific posts with us! The information above is not medical advice.
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THE EVIDENCE:
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1.Hall et al. 2012. Energy balance and its components: Implications for body weight regulation. 10.3945/ajcn.112.036350.
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2. Intermittent energy restriction improves weight loss efficiency in obese men: the MATADOR study. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.206
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No matter how many PhDs a person has, if they tell you fat loss is not about calories they don't know the literature and are WRONG.
.
As the pictures show, your body can adapt its physical activity (NEAT) and metabolic rate to reduce your caloric deficit, meaning that the effect of eating the same amount of calories plateaus, but these changes do NOT refute the calories in calories out principle.
.
There are strategies to reverse your body's adaptations to a caloric deficit. Diet breaks are one of them (2). For the complete picture, check out our fat loss ebook Diet Like a Doctor, linked in the bio [FONT=-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]@ebtofficial[/FONT].
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If someone you know is trying to burn fat, build muscle, or get healthy, send them here. EBT (Evidence Based Training). Two doctors with a passion for making science simple. Check out ebtofficial.com for our free big guides. DM us to join [FONT=-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]#teamEBT[/FONT]and share scientific posts with us! The information above is not medical advice.
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THE EVIDENCE:
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1.Hall et al. 2012. Energy balance and its components: Implications for body weight regulation. 10.3945/ajcn.112.036350.
.
2. Intermittent energy restriction improves weight loss efficiency in obese men: the MATADOR study. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.206
