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  • Calories in vs calories out (CICO) is a gross simplification. Not all calories are equal, especially for people with insulin resistance (which is mostly any person with a lot of excess fat.) The Framingham Nurses Study showed that fewer calories over a long time did not produce predicted weight loss. Of course extreme…
    in Does calories in vs calories out really matter? Comment by eaf8974 October 2016
  • Actually there is a good reason for such a low number of carbs for people who are morbidly obese or highly insulin resistant (which go hand in along with metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes.) The condition is one of such chronically high insulin levels that fat is being stored like crazy at the same time that the…
    in Morbidly Obese But Trying to Change Comment by eaf8974 October 2016
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