A while back, I did a Q&A about excess dietary protein and whether or not it could lead to fat storage. The short answer was that, while the biochemical pathway exists, the likelihood of it ever happening are roughly zero. For some reason, despite my answer being written in what I felt was a clear way, many people seemed confused. Among other silly inferences, people somehow heard me saying that overeating carbs or protein can’t make someone fat. And that was not true. So to clear it up, let me look at the simple issue of how we get fat.
Energy Balance
.At a fundamental level, fat storage occurs when caloric intake exceeds caloric output and there is a surplus energy balance. Now, I know that a lot of people claim that basic thermodynamics don’t hold for humans. Simply, they are wrong. Invariably, the studies used to support this position are based on a faulty data set: to whit, they are drawing poor conclusions about what people SAY that they are eating.… Keep Reading