GNOLLS.ORG - Topic: More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 Razwell on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-3/#p8758 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-3/#p8758 Please show my comment to Stephan Guyenet and his arrogant friends.We humans assign a NUMBER (.fictitious entity called energy) to stuff- matter , atoms , and even quantum fields- we say they have " energy" Energy is simply an invented useful number.Nobody eats calories or joules because calories have no such physical existence whatsoever. This is very important to understand. Not only are they worthless to a human body they do not even exist. When you eat a big meal you are literally eating food matter stuff nitrogen and carbon atoms etc.

]]> Sat, 08 Nov 2025 20:34:52 -0800 Razwell on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p8757 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p8757 There is no such thing as energy period. Energy and its units are fictions people created to balance out equations and make them easier- it is a useful concept but has NO EXISTENCE. Fields ( electromagnetic field gluon field etc.) have physical existence but are kind of ethereal and invisible. Such is not the case for energy. Radiation is etheral, too but both fields and radiation are STUFF. Matter is stuff, too. Such is not the case for energy. Energy is not ANYTHING to quote Professor Matt Strassler and some other esteemed physicists. People such as Stephan Guyenet and his friends are not smart enough to understand this.

Good article J. Stanton. Thumbs up.

]]> Sat, 08 Nov 2025 20:29:06 -0800 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6493 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6493 david:

AFAIK Feinman's point is that the "metabolic advantage" shown in some low-carb diet trials is due to the inefficiency of gluconeogenesis.  This is plausible.  However, as I discussed in Part I, gluconeogenesis is just one of many possible fates of dietary energy.

There are two parts to the calorie fallacy: "a calorie is a calorie" and the "3500-calorie rule". Multiple studies directly disprove both of them: for the 3500-calorie rule, see Part II, and for "a calorie is a calorie", see all the parts in the series!

JS

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 01:42:41 -0800 david wilson on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6480 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6480 I would be very interested to hear of any references to scientific research or reviews on the subject of 'a calorie is a calorie'. Dieticians always trot this out in defence of their lfca doctrine ,but we all know that it doesn't reflect real-life experience.

I'm aware of Feinman and Fines' refutation in Journal of Nutrition 2004. Id like to know your opinion of it as I'm a layman biochemically.

]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:38:56 -0800 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6437 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6437 Chris:

Click on the (Fulltext available here) link in my original citation and you'll be taken to the Nature website, with fulltext and all the graphs.  Pubmed only has the abstract.

JS

]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2013 04:08:46 -0800 Chris on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6408 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6408 Just wondering HOW on the ncbi website we can view the graphs. I can only see the abstracts. I wanted to see how many calories they fed the obese people with almonds and without.

]]> Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:20:10 -0800 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6258 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6258 John:

Thank you!  There's more to come, too.

JS

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2013 05:05:25 -0700 John Baker on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6222 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p6222 This is a great series

]]> Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:59:40 -0700 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5981 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5981 "EatLessMoveMoore"/"Melissa"/"CarbSeine":

Just as I told you before: "Don't expect a response to sockpuppeting or gratuitous pot-stirring."

JS

]]> Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:53:59 -0700 EatLessMoveMoore on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5977 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5977 Heard you got schooled by CarbSane, bro. Personally, I think anyone still in bed with that drunk bully Nikoley forfeits a bit of their credibility, but what do I know...

]]> Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:27:25 -0700 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5965 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5965 Bill:

Thank you!  I like your hypothesis that small changes in nutrient partitioning are primarily responsible for fat accumulation in the long-term.

For my readers: Dr. Lagakos writes at http://www.caloriesproper.com

JS

]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:42:55 -0700 Bill Lagakos on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5964 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5964 To all CICO proponents: the Laws of Thermodynamics are cool, but they are irrelevant when it comes to body composition and weight management in real life.

]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:36:25 -0700 Bill Lagakos on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5963 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5963 Excellent post, J. Indeed, there are many ways in which calories are not calories.
Best,
Bill

]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:36:23 -0700 J. Stanton on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5957 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5957 eddie:

From the anecdotal evidence I've seen, the ability to eat a huge surplus of "calories" and not gain weight depends on being in ketosis...so proceed with caution. 

However, I'll be interested to hear your results!

JS

]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:45:03 -0700 eddie watts on More Peer-Reviewed Evidence That There Is No Such Thing As A "Calorie" To Your Body(Part III) http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5942 Comment Threads http://www.gnolls.org/forums/comment-threads/more-peer-reviewed-evidence-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-calorie-to-your-bodypart-iii/page-2/#p5942 typical. i normally check your blog daily, not done so for a week and so i've missed this update!!

wil be sharing when i get home via FB etc. great work JS as always 🙂

getting tempted to try something like normal diet +100g coconut oil a day for a few weeks myself, i get it pretty cheap from an ethnic indian shop (health store £15 for 500g but under £3 for same in indian store!) i also get all my spices there

from looking at that 5900 cal diet a day guy keeping fat high and carbs very low (on fathead last week or so)

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