Eating an entire pie at one sitting better/worse than eating

Jeff92se

Can the body really absorb all the excessive calories if one binges like that?

Just like going for a severe calorie deficit one day won't equate to the same calorie deficit spread out though one week.

I've been sort of curious about this.

agentmattdionne

not sure. but i once ate an entire reese's peanut butter pie from denny's back in highschool. it was awesome.

AZKristi

The human body has very efficient biochemical pathways for absorbing and storing energy, especially glucose. So yes, your body will absorb all of those calories.

MikeSEA

i guess it might depend on how bio available the pie filling is..and what it is. I'm not a biologist, but our intestines are rather long. I wouldn't surprise me if it didn't make much of a difference.

Then again, and not to be too graphic, certain foods move through some people faster than others.

RNMDFF

I probably would lol. NEVER would I eat an entire pie though.

Leanne3552000

You gain weight when you eat more food than your body needs to be fuelled. All excess energy is converted to fat and stored so the body can use it later when it is not getting enough food.

A deficit is different to a binge because fat cannot be broken down/transported at a rate fast enough/is not a suitable able to fuel the body so other tissues must be broken down aswell.

I've tried to simplify that from all the biochemical pathways I see in my head. Hope it makes sense

Jeff92se

The human body has very efficient biochemical pathways for absorbing and storing energy, especially glucose. So yes, your body will absorb all of those calories.

I'll quantify. As a desert, I'll assume it's after a dinner or such. so one is probably pretty full. Would your answer change in light of this?

AliMatt27

Did you get sick to your stomach afterwards? Just wondering.

Jeff92se

You gain weight when you eat more food than your body needs to be fuelled. All excess energy is converted to fat and stored so the body can use it later when it is not getting enough food.

A deficit is different to a binge because fat cannot be broken down/transported at a rate fast enough/is not a suitable able to fuel the body so other tissues must be broken down aswell.

I've tried to simplify that from all the biochemical pathways I see in my head. Hope it makes sense

Well of course in general, that's true. But i"m trying to determine what is worse. Eating one pie at one time or eating 1 pc every day? IMHO, a one time binge isn't as bad but that's only a guess.

Larius

It doesn't matter. As other pointed out, the human digestive system is very efficient. Calories are Calories, no matter how you slice it.

Jeff92se

http://ask.metafilter.com/19346/Food-Binge

think the point of the (strictly incorrect) saying about the occassional binge is that it matters much more what you do over the long term than it matters what you do on any given day. It's worse to eat an extra 500 calories a day (3500/week=pound of gain a week) than it is to eat 5000 calories in a day occassionally when you should be eating 2000. Even if you did it every other week, it would still result in fewer net calories consumed than the extra 500/day.

The saying also reminds you to not enter a round of destructive thinking whereby you decide that all is lost (since you ate 5000 calories) and you might as well not pay attention to your caloric intake any more ever again. This is a serious problem with people who struggle with their weight, the belief that any excess negates all previous effort and so all excesses lead to more excess since what's the point anyway.

Leanne3552000

You gain weight when you eat more food than your body needs to be fuelled. All excess energy is converted to fat and stored so the body can use it later when it is not getting enough food.

A deficit is different to a binge because fat cannot be broken down/transported at a rate fast enough/is not a suitable able to fuel the body so other tissues must be broken down aswell.

I've tried to simplify that from all the biochemical pathways I see in my head. Hope it makes sense

Well of course in general, that's true. But i"m trying to determine what is worse. Eating one pie at one time or eating 1 pc every day? IMHO, a one time binge isn't as bad but that's only a guess.

If we are talking purely in terms of weight loss, I think eating a peice everyday would be better. You're more likely to compensate for the calories by eating less of other foods.

Jeff92se

I was referring to the pie eating as the only varible. Everything else being the same.

Jeff92se

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