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These people are Insulin hyper-producers. While the calorie counting explanation of weight gain works as a simplistic model for most people it does not work for these people. They too readily store fat. Because they too readily produce Insulin.

The fact remains though, if caloric intake is reduced to a level below what is necessary for both basal metabolic needs and expended energy, they will burn fat, and lose weight. Some ethnic groups are prone to metabolic syndrome and Diabetes, but that's not news.I see where you're goin' with that.

The body can only store fat when there is an excess, no? It is true that people who largely subsist on carbohydrate become over time "sugar burners", the metabolic pathways designed to burn fat are unused and no longer work right. This happens all the way down to the cellular level, the little mitochondria in our individual cells, they can get hooked on glucose too. Most of us don't have much of an excuse for being morbid fatties. Who should we blame, if not ourselves, anyway?

The body can only store fat when there is an excess

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