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Yes, this is why when we become IR and leptin resistant losing weight becomes a nightmare. However, I personally believe I've been there and came back from that place without medical intervention. Our bodies can make glucose without carbohydrates but it will struggle to do that while in a caloric deficit. Anorexics would…
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"On the other hand, if they did follow your suggested strategy of having a 6-day calorie deficit + 1-day carb refeed and their total weekly average resulted in a net calorie deficit, wouldn't metabolic adaptation still occur by definition of being in an overall deficit?" Overall yes it's a caloric deficit. But, this is the…
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These are amazing questions, I will get to them all tonight but I gotta fly. I don't have any research evidence that glycogen is the key but studies on overfeeding and leptin show that high fat doesn't give the same benefit as high-carb after calorie restriction. Mind you, this is a correlation, just theory, and personal…
