Have you tried eating say 5000kcal a day without exercise?
Of course not, but to the extent that such an experiment would be revealing: an individual named Sam Feltham reportedly did try a similar stunt − 5000kcal of low-carb-high-fat diet for 21 days—without gaining much weight. He didn’t stop the exercise he was already doing, but he did account for the exercise in his caloric expenditure calculations.
If we trust his honesty, then it’s safe to say that at some individuals exists who don’t gain weight in response to eating a lot of some calorie sources.
You’d be surprised how many of my Medline searches on specific issues that should be simple to research return nothing. Maybe I just suck at searching. Also, much of the research on “established facts” is so old it’s difficult to access electronically.
It’s not exactly a stunt. I’ve seen several people who eat much as 10000 kcal a day, all of them severely obese. Of course, they’re not on a low carb diet, but eating 5000 kcal is a breeze if you put your mind to it. I could do it easily if I wanted to too.
I totally believe he did that and didn’t gain weight, but that might not tell us much about people in general.
Of course not, but to the extent that such an experiment would be revealing: an individual named Sam Feltham reportedly did try a similar stunt − 5000kcal of low-carb-high-fat diet for 21 days—without gaining much weight. He didn’t stop the exercise he was already doing, but he did account for the exercise in his caloric expenditure calculations.
If we trust his honesty, then it’s safe to say that at some individuals exists who don’t gain weight in response to eating a lot of some calorie sources.
Overview of overfeeding experiments in humans
Thanks. I’ll have to take a good look at that.
Thanks. If it’s at all complete, I’m shocked at little research there was.
You’d be surprised how many of my Medline searches on specific issues that should be simple to research return nothing. Maybe I just suck at searching. Also, much of the research on “established facts” is so old it’s difficult to access electronically.
It’s not exactly a stunt. I’ve seen several people who eat much as 10000 kcal a day, all of them severely obese. Of course, they’re not on a low carb diet, but eating 5000 kcal is a breeze if you put your mind to it. I could do it easily if I wanted to too.
I totally believe he did that and didn’t gain weight, but that might not tell us much about people in general.