Recent content by Tapeworm

^ I basically just picked a random selection of studies and reviews just to perhaps indicate just how much science has gone in to, and continues to go into quantifying intake and utilisation of food. Follow the associated studies and references of each and you'd be reading the material for days...

Like a car the precise amount of fuel burnt varies for a variety of reasons, some known, some unknown, some being explored. But we can get very good estimations of both the energy we put in, the energy we absorb and the energy we put out. Some various studies about Basal Metabolic Rate and...

Indeed. A recent study of rat feed for example. Two groups of rats fed exactly the same weight of the same rat feed EXCEPT one had the "puffed wheat" version. Result the puffed wheat rats gained more weight. There is a calorific value of food, and then there is the calories we absorb and can...

Did you make up this non-sensical dribble? Or is it just your interpretation of well known science that is being put forth?

No, because you are confusing well defined terms. I can produce watts from energy produced by the body through a system of bio-chemical processes which allow a bio-mechanical force to be exerted over a period of time... watts. Seems like your arguments are philosophical, not one of human...

A calorie is a definition of certain amount of energy. Calories are ingested, processed and stored in the cells via metabolic processes (chemical changes)... pretty simple concepts here. Glucose into glycogen is the most simplest I think of. Can we eat and absorb energy? Yes, 100%...

No, I haven't got it backwards. Your simplification of the process of the release of insulin is erroneous, just because there's an insulin response to carbs doesn't mean one suddenly gets fat nor develop type 2 diabetes, the issue is far more greatly complex than carbs (and hence...

Yet there is no study (that I am aware of) that shows weight loss in those in a calorific surplus. And none that show weight gain in a calorific deficit. Satiety and how much of the ingested calories are actually absorbed by the body are different topics (again referring to my post above about...

This is an interesting point though. Even in the supposedly "wrong" food pyramid, of the early 90's for example, has anyone every recommended anything different? Apart from a couple of crackpots trying to sell books the consistent advice has *always* been: eat more whole fruits, vegetables...

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No, there's not. Recent meta-studies on diet shows the one thing which ensures a diets success is adherence to the diet - and that adherence is not universal, high fat is not a panacea for all things. Paleo is a joke in the sense that there was never a single "paleo" diet had by our...

That may be the case but it is impossible for the human body to create fat or muscle if the body is utilising more resources than is put in. Strangely those that strictly adhere to calorie counting lose weight. But the human body is a complex thing and the number of things which can...

^ pure curiosity, when you say "it didn't work" what aspects are you referring to? What was the time frame of the diet and ballpark foods consumed? I am neither pro or con vegan diet, but some of my athletes are or enquire about it, more info from more people is better.

I see a lot of power meters making ridiculous claims of measuring power. Did a scan of all the major power meter sites and not one says anything about increasing power. Things like "measuring", "assessing", "recording" do get used a lot however. These guys do however guarantee a power...

^ it was actually his 38cm bars and -30 degree stem that did it. And the handmade (his hand actually) custom carbon ~$2k shoes.