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Thomas
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Fascinating take from Kurzgesagt (which I haven’t DYORed further). TL;DW: your body burns roughly the same daily amount of calories whether you are active or not, based on your preset metabolism. Working out has plenty of benefits, including cardiovascular health and lower inflammation, but losing weight by burning vastly more calories isn’t really one of them. Dieting correctly (caloric intake) is key for that https://youtu.be/lPrjP4A_X4s
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The study they cite is interesting but the video draws stronger conclusions than the study. A few points - 1 - The hazda tribe is very short(1.6m male avg) and weigh less(50.9 kg avg male) which means they have to be more active than the western population to burn the same amount of calories. from the table - a TEE/kg of hazda - 52, TEE/kg for west - 37.7 2- The study uses estimated BMR as opposed to actually measuring it. BMR is really important here - should have been measured 3- The hazda tribe walks about 9 km a day which is about 13k steps so not that high. The number for men is 11 km which is decent 4- The hazda tribe is WAYY leaner(13% bf men) than the western counterparts(probably due to a mix of diet and activity) The conclusion the study was trying to draw was that humans naturally like to be near a particular TDEE, not that TDEE is same regardless of your activity. That is - if a human is short then he might perform greater cardio to get the same amount of TDEE.
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Note that i just skimmed the study rn. hitting the gym now, will properly read it afterwards. Also, i do believe that diet obviously matters much more than physical activity. But saying that your physical activty doesn't matter at all is a dangerous conclusion. The same study also mentions that the bolivian farmers do infact have a higher TEE than the hazda tribe because of their acitivity at almost the same weight and height sooo the study shouldn't be taken that seriously
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Thomas
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Thank you for looking into the source!
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Stephen Caudill
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thanks for digging into the references! 250 $DEGEN
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