>> 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
> 
> 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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