Comment on Making healthier choices

• janNatan@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But burning isn’t how your body utilizes the calories. Some things burn just fine yet are entirely useless as a (human) food source, like wood. This complicates things.

  For instance, we still don’t know if our bodies can actually use ethanol (drinking alcohol) as a fuel source. Is that vodka shot adding to your daily calorie intake?

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  • giantfloppycock@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vodka’s back on the menu, boys!

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was off the menu?

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  • StaticFalconar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even more reason there is plenty of science to be discovered. Until then, the rough estimate we have is still proven to work (calories consumed minus calories burned).

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• gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, but that is measuring calorie content, not what your body can absorb

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  • eatCasserole@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly, which makes the whole endeavour more of a guessing game than a science.

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    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think using trial and error to see what works for your body is a pretty scientific approach

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  • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean there’s no way that they’re gonna be able to do metrics for every person since every person is built differently so there has to be a common standard. Or you you saying that certain types of calories are burned the same way for all people?

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    • gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m just saying it’s not that simple.

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