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So many thoughts and questions about this. That's INSANE that 6 years later the bodies metabolism had not adjusted back!!? Hard to believe!! Is there a decent

So many thoughts and questions about this. That's INSANE that 6 years later the bodies metabolism had not adjusted back!!? Hard to believe!! Is there a decent sample size study for this or we going on one guy? Maybe this person has some sort of syndrome? If this is normal for the human race as a whole...is metabolic readjustment a spectrum like many things in biology? Like will some recover their original pre-fat metabolism after a period of time? Are there medicines or areas of research into how to trigger this metabolism? Are there foods and/or exercise that can build a metabolism back. How does gastric bypass seem to work so well? Does it basically just reduce the distance of your digestive tract so that you absorb less calories which matches up to your new fat metabolism? Ozympic seems to be a miracle drug in that it curbs the appetite so people can maintain this new low calorie diet.

medler 3y ago
> That's INSANE that 6 years later the bodies metabolism had not adjusted back!!? Hard to believe! The paper argues it’s because they continued to have high levels of physical activity, which kept their resting metabolic rate low. The ones with the highest metabolic adaptations were the ones who kept the most weight off, and were also the most physically active.
- taeric 3y ago
  It can be surprising for folks that athletes have a lower resting heart rate than others do. I had thought it was greater efficiency in blood to muscle delivery, but I don't know why I thought that.
  - the_real_cher 3y ago
    What is it then?
    - taeric 3y ago
      I don't know. Haven't read up on it.
    - zten 3y ago
      Your heart literally gets bigger! Your stroke volume goes up, and you probably have more blood plasma, too. This aids in fueling muscles. Though, if you Google heart hypertrophy, you'll find a bunch of scary things, because your heart can also get bigger in a bad way rather than a good way.
      - taeric 3y ago
        I'd guess there is also some efficiency in muscle tissue taking in oxygen over fat tissue? Also a bit better lungs, for runners and such? Though, I also don't know the relationship between lung efficiency and heart rate. If you have links on any of this, it feels like it would be a very fascinating read.

medler 3y ago

> That's INSANE that 6 years later the bodies metabolism had not adjusted back!!? Hard to believe! The paper argues it’s because they continued to have high levels of physical activity, which kept their resting metabolic rate low. The ones with the highest metabolic adaptations were the ones who kept the most weight off, and were also the most physically active.

taeric 3y ago
It can be surprising for folks that athletes have a lower resting heart rate than others do. I had thought it was greater efficiency in blood to muscle delivery, but I don't know why I thought that.
- the_real_cher 3y ago
  What is it then?
  - taeric 3y ago
    I don't know. Haven't read up on it.
  - zten 3y ago
    Your heart literally gets bigger! Your stroke volume goes up, and you probably have more blood plasma, too. This aids in fueling muscles. Though, if you Google heart hypertrophy, you'll find a bunch of scary things, because your heart can also get bigger in a bad way rather than a good way.
    - taeric 3y ago
      I'd guess there is also some efficiency in muscle tissue taking in oxygen over fat tissue? Also a bit better lungs, for runners and such? Though, I also don't know the relationship between lung efficiency and heart rate. If you have links on any of this, it feels like it would be a very fascinating read.