It's actually not that simple, but not in the way the fats like to believe. 400 calories of soda is gonna ruin your waistline a lot worse than 400 calories of steak because of how sugar and carbs spike your insulin levels. Spiking insulin puts your body into "put all of this fuel in long term storage" mode. The fatties just want to absolve themselves of the responsibility for their situation and aren't interested in actually understanding how their body functions. They aren't interested in improving their situation, they just want to flee from the guilt they know they deserve.
Spiking insulin puts your body into "put all of this fuel in long term storage" mode
Which means fewer calories out, so it's still "calories in calories out". And eating a steak and doing some push-ups builds muscle and means more calories out, so it's still "calories in calories out."
It's kind of like how people can argue whether planes stay up in the air because they have lower pressure above the wings or because they exert a downward force on surrounding air. It doesn't really matter because either way the equations have to balance.
It's actually not that simple, but not in the way the fats like to believe. 400 calories of soda is gonna ruin your waistline a lot worse than 400 calories of steak because of how sugar and carbs spike your insulin levels. Spiking insulin puts your body into "put all of this fuel in long term storage" mode. The fatties just want to absolve themselves of the responsibility for their situation and aren't interested in actually understanding how their body functions. They aren't interested in improving their situation, they just want to flee from the guilt they know they deserve.
Which means fewer calories out, so it's still "calories in calories out". And eating a steak and doing some push-ups builds muscle and means more calories out, so it's still "calories in calories out."
It's kind of like how people can argue whether planes stay up in the air because they have lower pressure above the wings or because they exert a downward force on surrounding air. It doesn't really matter because either way the equations have to balance.
Agreed.
There's just more to the equation than a lot of people realize.