eli5: Why are the effects of eating 100g chicken and 100g cake different on the body?

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One example being variation in weight gain despite consuming 100g food in both the cases.

I’ve not studied the subject after HS, so the premise and analogy may not be entirely correct.

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100 gram cake is mostly carbs, which you digest quickly to give you energy. You might end up storing some of it in your body (say you need 20g carbs only, 80g is stored) hence you’ve gained 80g carbs worth of calories

100 gram chicken is converted into energy by an entirely different pathway. It takes more time. Meanwhile, if you need 20g carbs right now, body will take it from your stores. Hence you’ve lost calories from body.

It’s been 3 months since I gave up all forms of added carbs, and increased protein intake (100g chicken daily) and my clothes no longer fit, they are loose now

Anonymous 0 Comments

100 gram cake is mostly carbs, which you digest quickly to give you energy. You might end up storing some of it in your body (say you need 20g carbs only, 80g is stored) hence you’ve gained 80g carbs worth of calories

100 gram chicken is converted into energy by an entirely different pathway. It takes more time. Meanwhile, if you need 20g carbs right now, body will take it from your stores. Hence you’ve lost calories from body.

It’s been 3 months since I gave up all forms of added carbs, and increased protein intake (100g chicken daily) and my clothes no longer fit, they are loose now