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The Fasting Doctor: “Fasting Cures Obesity!”, This Controversial New Drug Melts Fat, Fasting Fixes Hormones! Skip Breakfast!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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The Calorie Deception and Basal Metabolic Rate

The notion that calories in and calories out are independent of each other is misleading. The belief that eating 500 fewer calories will result in losing a pound of fat per week is debunked by studies over the last 50 years, as the body eventually adjusts by burning fewer calories. This underlines the significance of basal metabolic rate, the number of calories the body expends in a day, which contradicts the common assertion that obese individuals have a low metabolism.

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