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>>12537106
>thinks you can gain weight without insulin
go back to school you mong. you missed some classes.

>>11802373
lowering insulin works. calories in/out is irrelevant.

>>11768324
>is impossible to gain weight if you burn more cals than you eat.
True but less significant than you might think. It is possible to gain *fat* while burning more calories than you eat, and it is possible to starve to death while eating more calories than you burn. Both of these require a fucked up metabolism, but fucked up metabolisms are depressingly common nowadays. These have been known since the 1800's with documented cases (hyperinsulinemia caused by e.g. pancreatic tumors and hypoinsulinemia caused by e.g. autoimmune disorder), long before the start of internet history. Hyperinsulinemia is now one of the most common diseases in the world.

>>11590368
Congratulations for publicly admitting your complete lack of comprehension of basic endocrinology. Not everyone has that kind of courage, or that level of retardation for that matter.

>>10996987
The decrease in insulin is the key btw. It's what opens the taps from your fat reserves. Insulin forces fat into your adipose cells, if insulin is high then most fat that comes out gets shoved right back in before it can be used for fuel. Get insulin low and you can burn all the fat you want, keep it high and you can cut calories all you want but you won't lose weight because that fat is effectively locked away by the insulin. Conversely if insulin is low you simply cannot gain weight and will eventually starve to death. Pic related.