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I'm 100% serious, the deviation between the highest and lowest metabolisms save for people with specific conditions like hypothyroidism is not a significant con

• moonchrome 15y ago
  What about insulin sensitivity and different sources of calories. Surely you aren't suggesting that eating a 1k calories of pure protein, pure carbs or pure fat is the same ? Even proiten/carbs/fat branch and have different effects on the metabolism and are required in different amounts for a balanced diet to achieve some desired effect. What about muscle mass vs fat tissue, they burn calories at different rates and require different kind of food to build. Calories in/out is just extreme oversimplification that doesn't help in the slightest and causes people to starve themselves needlessly because of bad intuition, also risking their health and ultimately achieving the opposite of the desired effect.
  • heretohelp 15y ago
    Much of that is addressed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3723464 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3723464 Our product accounts for a great deal of factors, don't conflate my over-simplistic agreement with the OP for a lack of dedicated research into how we actually plan to help others. Macronutrients and their impact on satiety are core to our product and to helping people eat healthier.