The OverFeeding Paradox — The Body Fat Thermostat Part 6
It’s all just Calories In Calories Out, right? The surprising answer.
Our body controls the amount of body fat we carry like a thermostat (see Part 1). Obesity is the state of having the body fat thermostat set too high. They are the same thing. What causes obesity? This is the same question as — what controls the body fat thermostat?
Most people think, incorrectly, that the answer is ‘Too many calories’.
To this way of thinking, all calories, regardless of type, are equally fattening. 100 calories of broccoli are just as fattening as 100 calories of candy. Many ‘experts’ endorse this position — branding weight gain as a simple energy balancing.
Calories In. Calories Out. You’ve heard it a million times. Perhaps you’ve wondered why cutting calories works once in a million times.
Yes, different types of calories (eg. carbs vs protein vs fat) evoke vastly different hormonal responses from our body, but this is considered irrelevant to this Calorie-centric way of thinking. Only the physical energy contained within is considered important.
