[brytlea]

While this is certainly what we are taught (I have a degree in exercise physiology) it doesn’t appear to be the entire story in practice.

[aruanan]

While this is certainly what we are taught (I have a degree in exercise physiology) it doesn’t appear to be the entire story in practice.

And I have a Ph.D. in human nutrition/nutritional physiology. It's a matter of physics: you can't have an increase in stored energy that is more than the amount of energy absorbed from food.