(Part 10 of 12 in series, Stephan Guyenet's "Whole Health Source")
Then how do so many people maintain a stable weight over years and decades? And how do wild animals maintain a stable body fat percentage (except when preparing for hibernation) even in the face of food surpluses? How do lab rats and mice fed a whole food diet maintain a stable body fat percentage in the face of literally unlimited food, when they’re in a small cage with practically nothing to do but eat?
The answer is that the body isn’t stupid. Over hundreds of millions of years, we’ve evolved sophisticated systems that maintain “energy homeostasis”.
~ Stephan Guyenet from, http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2010/11/twinkie-diet-for-fat-loss.html
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This is why I’ve been losing weight, slowly for years now. Lots of little changes that shift the balance.
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