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Study links long-term artificial sweetener intake to increased body fat adipose tissue volume (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but wouldn't the calorimeter's reading still be the theoretical maximum since it's based on thermodynamics? In other words, an inefficient metabolism may see a net gain of fewer calories, but it shouldn't ever see greater.