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by Killah911 4126 days ago
How long ago? And have you been able to keep it off?
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Um, 5 days ago, in preparation for a vacation.

Again, theoretically.

Any other concerning side effects, if one were to use this? (or, why is it an illegal drug?)
The overheating leading to death if you dose it wrong is at the top of the list.

The difference between this DNP and the DNP you can buy on the blackmarket is that the DNP used in these modern fatty-liver studies is time released in smaller doses.

Users can expect to lose about ~1lb/day. But, it is very hard on you. You want to learn how to lose weight on a caloric deficit and macronutrient partitioning, about 1lb/week, and stick to a diet for at least a year before you even consider this. Otherwise, you don't have the right habits.

It's just calories-in-calories-out. You can keep it off if you then eat below your TDEE.
It isn't that simple. Fructose plays a much different role in lipogenesis than other foods.
Wow no.
Then don't eat fructose.
Exactly, it is more complicated than calories-in-calories-out.
Calories in calories out is physics nothing can override or circumvent. It's a basic plausibility test. Fructose obeys the same laws as everything else. It might be harder to hit a calorie target if you eat fructose but if you do, that's it. It has to work.

Anyone who disputes this is scientifically illiterate.

Well, speaking of illiterate, no one actually disputed that.

It still is, however a gross oversimplification. Fructose is dense in calories, easily absorbed (which is calories in, not necessarily the food you swallow), contributes heavily to lipogenesis, and does not inhibit leptin, a hormone that controls hunger.

Lots of data and an entertaining presentation, which starts by addressing calories in and calories out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5X0i92OZQ

> Anyone who disputes this is scientifically illiterate.

Well, those who possess a lower IQ are more likely to become obese. So perhaps not understanding the way the universe works is how they wind up obese in the first place. Not too surprising, then, that they would be unable to comprehend how to get themselves out of that state. And there is certainly no shortage of charlatans and mountebanks out there all too ready to lead them astray.

No. It's not. Lipogenesis won't happen if your body is in a catabolic state which you get by a caloric deficit.

You don't need to use a fancy model. Fructose is more likely to be used as liver fat. But, that doesn't mean it's impossible to lose weight.