Andrew Huberman· PhD
calories in versus calories out, meaning how many calories you ingest versus how many calories you burn, is the fundamental and most important formula in this business of fat loss and weight management in general.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
calories in versus calories out, meaning how many calories you ingest versus how many calories you burn, is the fundamental and most important formula in this business of fat loss and weight management in general.
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it really doesn't matter in the sense that the calories that you ingest test from whatever source are going to be filtered through the calories that you burn by way of exercise, basil metabolic rate which is just the calories that you happen to burn just being alive and thinking and breathing and your heart beating etc.