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You can also find this anecdotally by talking to competitive eaters. They will almost all tell you that as long as you eat a regular amount of calories most day
by kevincox 6y ago
You can also find this anecdotally by talking to competitive eaters. They will almost all tell you that as long as you eat a regular amount of calories most days they have no problem with weight gain from binge eating once or twice a week. AKA there is there is a difference between eating 2000 calories 6 days a week and 6000 one day than eating 2500 calories 7 days a week.
- xenospn 6y agoFascinating. I thought it was more like once a month.
- d4mi3n 6y agoThis makes sense to me given a layperson's understanding of biology and evolution. In modern times, food is plentiful. Throughout history, it was not: people often had to eat what was on hand, and make use of as much of the available calories present when they had the opportunity. I'm also curious if there's any research done on things we get from binge eating that are not calories. Do we see a similar uptake of nutrients? Is eating less efficiently from a calorie perspective still beneficial in evolutionary terms if we get something else (vitamins, minerals, etc)?
- mrfusion 6y agoI have always wanted to see that idea studied. Is it possible? Any further reading? It certainly violates calories in/calories out. But I’m ok with that. We’re not steam engines.
- __s 6y agoYour body isn't able to adequately digest binges
- mrfusion 6y agoI wonder why though. And if it’s proven. Maybe there’s a maximum rate of fat storage and any extra calories just pass through? Can your intestines stop adding sugar to your bloodstream?
- kevincox 6y agoI don't know the details behind it but I can imagine a number of factors. - Inability of us to efficiently consume large quantities of food so we pass more calories than we would for smaller levels. - Changes to metabolism to adjust. I think at the end of the day it is still calories in/calories out but you may be taking in less than go in your mouth and may be using more than you usually would.