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Interesting insulin-as-currency metaphor. The calories/weight rant is a bit misguided but the rest is good
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“Your body just doesn’t give two flying f***s about calories. It’s not the common currency. Here’s the bottom line truth. ‘Calories’ is NOT a physiologic concept, just as ‘weight of food’ is not a physiologic concept” d30.co/2E0JEkq
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How is it misguided? Calories are a think we made up by setting food on fire. Body don't care about calories.
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It’s a measure of energy, so still makes sense as a basic way to analyze biochemistry equations This is like saying lift and drag aren’t the currency of flight because birds don’t think that way. Calories are bad as a currency for diet management, not as an analysis concept.
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I think the point of Dr. Fung's rant was that calories aren't even all that useful for biochemistry. Hormone signals can completely change the context within which the reactions happen.
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Not what I‘m talking about. I mean actual biochemists doing science in pharma labs etc, not nutritionists. Computing energy balance is routine operation in chemistry after all (endothermic/exoyjermic). I remember doing that in high school/college chemistry.