Thu, Dec-28-17, 15:03
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Originally Posted by dcc0455
We hypothesized that there is a second homeostat regulating body weight with an impact on fat mass. In this study we have added and removed weight loads from experimental animals and measured the effects on the biological body weight. The results demonstrate that there is a body weight homeostat that regulates fat mass independently of leptin.
I'm not dismissing their hypothesis, but could we also assume a simpler hypothesis that carrying extra weight make us burn more calories?
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They produced mice with compromised osteocytes/weight sensing to rule this out. Also--burning more calories isn't what happened, because the mice ate considerably less calories. Pair fed mice had similar results. Nobody asked if any of the mice were happy about the whole situation. |