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It doesn't surprise me at all... I'm an MD. I don't remember this specific piece of information being mentioned during my training. However, all the informatio

It doesn't surprise me at all... I'm an MD. I don't remember this specific piece of information being mentioned during my training. However, all the information need to reason about it was included... What really blows my mind is how many people get it wrong, including my colleagues and especially dietitians ("they had one job").

bobowzki 12y ago
This was very recently published in BMJ. IMHO a better read than the blog post linked. http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7257 http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7257
TillE 12y ago
It's fairly easy to deduce if you've ever weighed yourself at night and again in the morning. You always lose a pound or so while sleeping.
- bduerst 12y ago
  The weight lost during sleeping is probably the water lost through respiration and transpiration (sweat).
  - Consultant32452 12y ago
    Yeah, but that's not really the answer most people are looking for. They're not looking for water loss, they mean the fat cells.
  - barrkel 12y ago
    Water is a byproduct of burning fat.
    - JshWright 12y ago
      Yes, but the only part of the fat that transfers to the water is the hydrogen, which weighs just slightly more than nothing (perhaps TFA covers this... I didn't read it...)
      - gayprogrammer 12y ago
        > ... the only part of the fat ... It's only Hydrogen... But it still needs to go somewhere. Oxygen comes in to carry away the Hydrogen as water--you can't urinate Hydrogen.
        pbhjpbhj 12y ago
        You can urinate other things than water though, some others of which contain hydrogen.
        JshWright 12y ago
        Sure, my point is just that the carbon outweighs the hydrogen ~6:1.
JshWright 12y ago
> including my colleagues and especially dietitians That is fairly astounding... I'm a paramedic and while I don't recall talking about this specifically, the answer was immediately obvious from the (comparatively limited) amount of A&P training we receive.
- bobowzki 12y ago
  It is. Read the BMJ article I posted and you'll see. They did interviews.
TeMPOraL 12y ago
> especially dietitians ("they had one job") "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."

bobowzki 12y ago

This was very recently published in BMJ. IMHO a better read than the blog post linked. http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7257 http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g7257

TillE 12y ago

It's fairly easy to deduce if you've ever weighed yourself at night and again in the morning. You always lose a pound or so while sleeping.

bduerst 12y ago
The weight lost during sleeping is probably the water lost through respiration and transpiration (sweat).
- Consultant32452 12y ago
  Yeah, but that's not really the answer most people are looking for. They're not looking for water loss, they mean the fat cells.
- barrkel 12y ago
  Water is a byproduct of burning fat.
  - JshWright 12y ago
    Yes, but the only part of the fat that transfers to the water is the hydrogen, which weighs just slightly more than nothing (perhaps TFA covers this... I didn't read it...)
    - gayprogrammer 12y ago
      > ... the only part of the fat ... It's only Hydrogen... But it still needs to go somewhere. Oxygen comes in to carry away the Hydrogen as water--you can't urinate Hydrogen.
      - pbhjpbhj 12y ago
        You can urinate other things than water though, some others of which contain hydrogen.
      - JshWright 12y ago
        Sure, my point is just that the carbon outweighs the hydrogen ~6:1.

JshWright 12y ago

> including my colleagues and especially dietitians That is fairly astounding... I'm a paramedic and while I don't recall talking about this specifically, the answer was immediately obvious from the (comparatively limited) amount of A&P training we receive.

bobowzki 12y ago
It is. Read the BMJ article I posted and you'll see. They did interviews.

TeMPOraL 12y ago

> especially dietitians ("they had one job") "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."