help me with a study...yup another calorie for calorie

janicelo1971
janicelo1971 Posts: 823 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Person A and person B have an intake of 1250 calories a day and both exercise the same amount of 1000 calories a week...Both start out at the same height/weight and body fat percentages and same metabolism(So TWINS in all ways!)....(just go with that is the correct calorie amount for them)

Person A goes a year and eats 600 calories of healthy food(veggies, salads, meats(mostly protein)...etc), however the other 625 calories is from clear liquor a day(vodka for example)..plus takes vitamins

Person B goes a year and eats ALL 1250 calories on a pretty healthy diet...and no liquor...

how do their physical compensations and overall bodies differ at the end....both go do the doctor at the end and blood work is good for both of them...as in nothing off the charts for being malnourished or anything....

thoughts? did ones body fat increase or decrease? did one gain or lose muscle...again both are getting enough protein and calories a day and both doing weights and some cardio...

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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    Trick question. There are too many other factors that would impact the results that are not controlled for in the scenario. Daily activity, metabolism, LBM, and hormone levels are just a few examples. Maybe someone else has a better answer but I don't think you could give an accurate answer based on the information provided.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    It's impossible to say. If anyone gives you any answer it will just relate to their own opinions and will prove or disprove absolutely nothing
  • janicelo1971
    janicelo1971 Posts: 823 Member
    Trick question. There are too many other factors that would impact the results that are not controlled for in the scenario. Daily activity, metabolism, LBM, and hormone levels are just a few examples. Maybe someone else has a better answer but I don't think you could give an accurate answer based on the information provided.

    They are twins and they activity and metabolism ad LBM is ALL the same to begin with....how much is the alcohol going to effect patient B..if any if her lean body or other areas?
  • janicelo1971
    janicelo1971 Posts: 823 Member
    I would really think alcohol would slow down the muscle building process..if both go work out for an hour and one comes home and has a protein and the other alcohol...seems they would build different amounts of protein and in the end the alcoholic would have less lean body mass and would overall gain weight due to the slower metabolism....I would love it anyone has any research on this though!

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