Calories Are the Surface. Mitochondria Are the Story: The Real Science of Weight Loss
Most weight-loss advice stops at “calories in vs. calories out.” In this episode, Dr. Mike goes deeper: what happens to your body’s energy machinery during weight loss and why maintenance can be harder than the initial drop. Using four papers (two skeletal muscle mitochondrial studies, one PBM body-contouring study, and one chlorin e6 photodynamic obesity study in mice), you’ll learn how weight loss can lower energy expenditure, remodel mitochondrial membranes (cardiolipin), shift efficiency and coupling, and produce totally different adaptations depending on whether the weight came off via…
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