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Comment by codeableconcept

4 months ago

I think you’re probably right. It is an interesting thing to think about though — since carbohydrate to fat conversion is extremely inefficient, I think you could at least expect a more forgiving change in body composition during a period of over feeding.

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anentropic  4 months ago

More speculatively, there could also be a genetic component

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