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>> That's almost as broken as the logic in Braniac's weight experiment.
>> They got a girl, weighed her, and then made her eat a quarter pounder.
>> Afterwards, she was less than a quarter of a pound heavier. This is
>> because of "the energy used by eating the burger". And not because,
>> say, 1/4 lb is THE UNCOOKED WEIGHT OF THE BURGER or anything like
>> that... :-P
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> You're talking about the instant weight change due to the mass of food.
Indeed yes. You'd think eating a 1/4 lb burger would make you 1/4 lb
heavier. But it didn't in their experiment.
> Compare consuming 3kg of water with 3kg of cheese. Both will cause you
> to instantly "put on" 3kg, but guess which one will cause your weight to
> be higher (by 500g per 3500 calories apparently) a few days later?
Indeed.
Although... 3kg is a hell of a lot of water... or cheese, for that
matter... wow. I wonder if you can actually eat that much at once?
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