I've always been told that I'm a "furnace" but I don't think that I'm less hungry. BMI of 19.5
People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
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Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not just "peer code review" from a good friend or someone working on the same project as you - a review from somebody who has a ton of stuff to review at once, in many different areas, and very limited time to do it.
I do peer review, and know colleagues that do as well. I'd say the median number of articles reviewed per person in a given year is 10. I don't claim to represent most reviewers, but I also don't think a presumption that reviewers primarily only have time to half-ass it is fair either.
> I'd say the median number of articles reviewed per person in a given year is 10.
That's a pretty light annual workload. How do you get to be one of those people?
Or do those people have other work to do?
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#33Is this paper peer-reviewed?
Yes - as mentioned in the article, the paper was published in Cell Metabolism, a high-quality peer-reviewed journal. You can see more about the journal here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Metabolism
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#34Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#35Seems to line up with my experience, am always burning up (until I turn on the AC and freeze)
Especially at night though I have to to jack the temperature down or I won't sleep. Also less hungry aligns pretty well.
Unfortunately when I get hungry, it's normally "a little hungry) at akward spread out intervals. I probably feel most hungry after midnight but never eat then because well, I have to sleep soon.
I've tried to put on weight before, but I could never stomach massive calories dense meals, without horrific nausea and discomfort.
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#36My family has Sami heritage, we run cold. My average body temp is 96.8 degrees. We also have trouble with hyperlipidemia, obesity, and early heart disease. So the genetics of all of this will be interesting. I have managed to avoid my family curse by eating pretty much only fish and game meat, like a Sami. And I do not eat much. It was the only diet that would raise my HDL.
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Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#37I've always been told that I'm a "furnace" but I don't think that I'm less hungry. BMI of 19.5
What's really needed is a statistical analysis such that 23andme would do, where you can take a matrix of people and their SNPs via genotyping, and then compare that to measured BMRs (basal metabolic rates). The switch that controls this is either genetic, gut flora, or a combination of the two. This leads me to believe the treatment will be either CRISPR or gut flora protocols (similar to how fecal transplants have altered the BMI state of the recipient [1]).
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#38Is this paper peer-reviewed?
Does it matter? Many scientists in the know say that peer review is as good as a trashy spam filter these days. This isn't to say that it is absolutely useless, more that it is very overrated.
With the volume of research being churned out of "publish or perish" institutions, I expect a peer review to inform me on the "Is this complete garbage" metric rather than give some assured level of quality / correctness. Ie: if its peer reviewed, it /probably/ isn't /complete/ garbage.
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#39I've always been told that I'm a "furnace" but I don't think that I'm less hungry. BMI of 19.5
What's really needed is a statistical analysis such that 23andme would do, where you can take a matrix of people and their SNPs via genotyping, and then compare that to measured BMRs (basal metabolic rates). The switch that controls this is either genetic, gut flora, or a combination of the two. This leads me to believe the treatment will be either CRISPR or gut flora protocols (similar to how fecal transplants have…
...with a focus on Mitochondrial Genetics.
Regarding the gut, should probably take a peek at FUT2 genetics:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352345X2...
Re: People with low BMI aren't more active, they are just less hungry, 'run hotter'
#40My family has Sami heritage, we run cold. My average body temp is 96.8 degrees. We also have trouble with hyperlipidemia, obesity, and early heart disease. So the genetics of all of this will be interesting. I have managed to avoid my family curse by eating pretty much only fish and game meat, like a Sami. And I do not eat much. It was the only diet that would raise my HDL.
Samis are also pretty small people. Almost like elves. That can actually be an advantage for longevity in some ways.