Yes total calories consumed - total calories spent = either a calorie surplus or calorie deficit. And when there is a surplus it is converted and stored as fat for future need and when there is a deficit fat can be converted to glycogen and used for energy when its not readily available through food. I think at first look 70 calorie either way isnt going to do anything. Thats a good sneezing fit of energy and just isn’t that impressive.
I also agree with the post people are eating more than stated and moving less.
To further complicate the issue and why weight is not changing with the caloric change is ***what ***is being eaten. The human body metabolizes a 90 calorie hard boiled egg, rich in protein and some minerals much different than a 90 calorie doughnut made from sugar, enriched white flower dipped in a fryer and preservatives.
Interesting that they choose a picture of french fries for the article. Im in the healthcare profession and see alot of people with obesity as a complication to their orthopedic problems and I have been on a rampage about the **quality **of food consumed.
I personally think and share with people that the explosion of weight increase is tied to the use of artificial sweetners, junk preservatives, and fillers that are cheaper than quality materials from whole foods.
Artificial sweetners taste sweet. Therefore your brain signal is that you have ingested sugar and the ramp up begins chemically to absorb and digest an expected natural form of sugar. But there isnt any, the artificial sweetner is a molecularly modified substance and your body doesnt know how to process chemicals it wasnt intended to, if the body doesnt know how process, use and efficiently remove substances from the system, it ll just stack it up until it figures it out (stored as fat) . So from that point the brain has signaled a need for carbohydrates. this is when most people start reaching for snacks without really knowing it.
This is just one example of what we eat is as important as how much we eat