The Obesity Code

by Jason Fung

Total energy expenditure is the sum of basal metabolic rate, thermogenic effect of food, nonexercise activity thermogenesis, excess post-exercise oxygen consumption and exercise.

What is the metabolic fate of those 2000 calories? Possibilities for their use include •heat production, •new protein production, •new bone production, •new muscle production, •cognition (brain), •increased heart rate, •increased stroke volume (heart), •exercise/physical exertion, •detoxification (liver), •detoxification (kidney), •digestion (pancreas and bowels),

Reduced metabolism and the increased hunger are not the cause of obesity—they are the result. Losing weight causes the reduced metabolism and increased hunger, not the other way around.