Re: calorie questions and musings

On 24 Oct 2005 14:08:10 -0700, "TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>What about the energy in heated foods versus the calories in cold food?
>How many more calories do we get from a steak straight from the grill
>versus a cold steak. How much weight would we lose by limiting the
>amounts of calories (energy) by only eating cold food and avoiding the
>heat energy temporarily infused into the food. Just let the meal go
>cold and you would save at least a couple of calories. Why is the
>energy stored in the hot foods not converted to fat storage? Or is it?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

>
>And what if we drop the temperature of the rooms that we reside in or
>avoid spending any time in overheated conditions.
>
>Why does external sources of calories like sunlight, indoor heating,
>hot air temperatures not affect our weight over time? Or does it? Would
>that explain why those living in colder climes (like Inuits) tend to be
>thinner? And are they fatter now that they are exposed to higher
>temperatures? Does that explain why people in the lower latitudes are
>fatter? More heat energy in the environment provides heat energy to the
>body, does it store the excess heat calories as fat?
>
You ever hear about warm (homeothermic) versus cold blooded
(heterothermic)?

Warm blooded takes energy to keep the blood warm which is why warm
blooded creatures must constantly eat and why alligators can go months
without food.

>Energy is energy and the laws of therodynamics make it clear that
>energy has to go somewhere. Energy from foods turn to fat.

Ok calories do matter, you have made a big step today.

> Why does not
>energy from a sauna that gets absorbed by the body not get turned to
>fat?
>
Um maybe because the energy goes to creating a sauna..

>Can the body only extract energy from foods?

If you are overweight food can be safely assumed as the culprit.

> Why does it not extract energy from the ambient heat?

Gee I dunno, kinda makes you think there is a big conspiracy between
the government and of course the large corporations. All this energy
needed to keep homes cool with A/C when there is all this ambient
heat. I think the oil companies might be involved as well as my car
does not run gas free in the summer. Bastards

>Energy is energy, isn't it? In extreme heat, one should store the excess energy as fat, should we not?

Oh dear

>And how does this affect our understanding of the laws of thermo
>dynamics if the ambient heat energy isn't converted into fat?

Maybe thats why all the fat people I see live near the equator and
have rug burns....

> Where does it go? It can't dissappear can it?

Thanks for laughs...you have completely destroyed your credibility
with a single post.
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