People are being brainwashed with crap like “calories in, calories out” or “exercise more” but that’s just bullshit. It pushes the idea that too much weight comes from a personality flaw and not health issues, but yet any actual (and by that, I mean proper) doctor will quickly search for medical reasons for weight gain because there’s a million of them.
Genetics affects how the caloric intake is handled. It does not change the fact that adjusting caloric intake will directly adjust how much weight is even possible to gain.
Studies concluded that the presence of these genes increases the risk of obesity but does not necessitate obesity. This risk can be ameliorated by healthy food choices, increased physical activity and avoiding other causes of obesity mentioned in this review.
A slightly more accurate phrase is “calories burned vs calories consumed”.
You can’t just trust an online BMR calculator to tell you how much food you can eat every day. You have to actually test and know what your metabolism is like, and you can do that for fifty to eighty dollars at a DEXA scan place.
If you don’t know how much your body is burning, then how can you accurately gauge what is the right amount of food to eat to meet your physical shape goals?
Genetics affects how the caloric intake is handled. It does not change the fact that adjusting caloric intake will directly adjust how much weight is even possible to gain.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147021182404572X
A slightly more accurate phrase is “calories burned vs calories consumed”.
You can’t just trust an online BMR calculator to tell you how much food you can eat every day. You have to actually test and know what your metabolism is like, and you can do that for fifty to eighty dollars at a DEXA scan place.
If you don’t know how much your body is burning, then how can you accurately gauge what is the right amount of food to eat to meet your physical shape goals?