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Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

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I‘ve read three books trying to avoid this book. It‘s just not happening. It‘s not me, it‘s you. This just did not live up to the hype. I‘ll probably be passing on future Bill Bryson books. I just don‘t get his popularity. He‘s just not my cup of tea. My A&P book was way more exciting to read, honestly.
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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

A croc eats 2-5 pounds of meat a DAY. That‘s 1302-3255 calories a DAY that a croc eats. So according to Bill, humans MUST (he said must) eat 39,060-97,650 calories a day. Either he‘s got his science wrong here, he‘s got his science wrong about the dieting, or he‘s got his science wrong all the way around. I want to see some sources.
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GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ this is even worse. I don‘t think this is right. I think this would kill the average human. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics You're going to want to read that quote again. It doesn't say what you think it says. 1y

CBee He just means that a human should eat in a day what a crocodile eats in a whole month 😊 1y

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GingerAntics @CBee which is 2-5 pounds of meat. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ what do you think it says? It says that each day we need to eat as much as a crocodile eats in 30 days. That‘s what it says. Clear as day. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics This means that a crocodile eats only one day a month. It doesn't eat the other 29 (or 27 or 30, depending on how you count a month). Humans eat every day of the month the same amount that a crocodile eats on that one day out of the month. 1y

ImperfectCJ The calorie intake you've calculated for a crocodile is per month, not per day. Reptiles eat much less frequently than mammals. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ that is incorrect. Crocs eat every 3-5 days. However, a different source stated that a 100kg croc eats 700g of food each WEEK, and that a 100kg/220lb human needs to eat that amount DAILY. If you consider that crocs eat only meat, that‘s going to factor to about 2016 calories a day for a 220 pound human. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ That IS actually closer to the amount a grown adult needs to eat, and it washes when you consider this is the minimum for the human body to function healthily. Once you add activity, climate, etc, you‘re going to have to add more. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ I am fully aware of this. I took the fact I found “A crocodile eats on average 2-5 pounds of meat per day, or roughly 5% of its body weight per week.” I figured out how many calories that would be. 1302-3255 calories. Since that is the average a croc eats “per day” I multiplied by 30 since Bryson is claiming we need to eat in a day what a croc eats in a month. 39,060-97,650. According to Bryson, this is what we should eat a day. 1y

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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

This means, that according to Bill here:
A 100lb person must eat 7,000 calories a day
A 150lb person must eat 10,500 calories a day
A 200lb person must eat 14,000 calories a day
A 300lb person must eat 21,000 calories a day
Granted, these are just to maintain weight. So NO ONE should be eating the 1200 calories a day often recommended (probably because that is the nutritional necessity of a TODDLER! ⬅️ read that again).

GingerAntics So what diet is he suggesting we should all be on, because there isn‘t a single diet in the world that suggests even enough calories for a 100 pound adult. #BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook #fatphobia #dietculture #totalcrap 1y

ImperfectCJ There has to be a calculation error with those calories, unless they're a joke. I don't think I'm physically capable of eating even 7,000 calories a day, and I do weigh more than 100 pounds. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ it‘s possible. What I did was calculate 2% of each weight, then converted that number of pounds to calories. That‘s what he said we were supposed to eat in a day to maintain our energy. It gets even more scary when you do the math on his crocodile claim. 1y

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ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics But a pound of butter has more calories than a pound of kale. It's not a direct conversion. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ that is true, this is just the number of calories in a pound of human. How you choose to distribute your calories will depends on how many pounds of food that is. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ that‘s where I‘m far more confident in the croc numbers. Crocs is 2-5 pounds of meat a day. It‘s easy to figure out how many calories are in a pound of meat on average… but those numbers are even bigger than these. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics crocodiles eat once a month, though, right? 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ when food is available, they eat every 3-10 days. And they average 2-5 pounds of meat a day, or 5% of their body weight per week. 1y

ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics Please just check your units (weeks, days, pounds, calories) and think it through again. I'm not even saying that Bryson is correct (that's a separate issue), just that the calculations you're using are inaccurate. 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ the calculations I am using are based entirely on easily findable, verifiable information and Bryson‘s own words. Which takes me back to my point, within the span of 30 seconds he‘s on a diatribe about eating less and then goes into just how much we actually do need to eat. 1y

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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

And even people who do lose weight, about 95% will gain back AT LEAST AS MUCH AS THEY LOST. The body is not designed to lose weight. Notice that bigger bodies in societies that do NOT diet magically have none of the health problems bigger bodies in societies that diet do. Hm. It‘s almost as if the bigger bodies aren‘t the problem.

GingerAntics IF 95% OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK AN ANTIBIOTIC GOT EVEN SICKER AFTER COMPLETING TREATMENT, WOULD YOU STILL TAKE THAT ANTIBIOTIC? 1y

GingerAntics If someone “cured” cancer, hut 95% of the people who got this miracle treatment got cancer again and died before being able to get the treatment again, would it really be a cure? 1y

GingerAntics If a medication didn‘t work for 95% of people afflicted with an illness, would it even be a treatment? (Placebos work for at least 33% of cases… so it works worse than a sugar pill. Just think of that.) 1y

GingerAntics #BillBryson #TheBody #audiobook #busbook #dietculture #fatphobia 1y

GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ both of the posts you have commented on, were in direct response to THIS post which officially has more verifiable nutrition science than Bryson‘s book. 1y

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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

Does this mean that my propensity to sweat a lot means I‘m extra brainy or just that I think too much? Or does it not work that direction at all?
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GingerAntics

Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

Greatly enjoying this one so far!
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kaysworld1

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass/The Subtle Knife/The Amber Spyglass | Philip Pullman

I am joining the ranks of #AxeTheStacks @howjessicareads 🌟
My goal is 3 audio books
2 physical books 📚
May the book gods be with you all!

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BennettBookworm What a great rhyme! 4y

Come-read-with-me These all look so good! What a great selection! 4y

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jillrhudy

The Body: A Guide for Occupants | Bill Bryson

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#TheBody is simultaneously sprightly and entertaining AND meticulously researched and informative. Destined for a bookshelf near me. #NetGalley #arc https://www.librarything.com/work/22830044/reviews/173643631

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hollylynnbee

Bodies Under Siege: Self-mutilation and Body Modification in Culture and Psychiatry | Armando R. Favazza

Working on my dream bookshelf 🖤 (before)

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DGRachel

Different Seasons | Stephen King

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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #DifferentSeasons!

Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!

DGRachel #DifferentSeasons #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ShortStories #StandByMe #TheBody #ShawshankRedemption #AptPupil #TheBreathingMethod #ghosthostpost 6y

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Karkar This was a fun one. I had forgot how messed up Apt Pupil was. 6y

JulAnna It was fun to re-read this. I was surprised at how much content from the Shawshank Redemption movie was actually not in SK‘s original. Also, these are the stories that I wish everyone who dismisses him as a ‘horror writer‘ should read. There is some just plain good writing here, imo. 6y

DGRachel @JulAnna I agree wholeheartedly. It‘s been nearly 30 years since I‘ve read The Body, but I remember loving the writing so much. 6y

Readingismyescape @Karkar I listened to this one and found Apt Pupil hard to get thru. The writing is good, but the story is tough. 5y

Readingismyescape @DGRachel The Body & Shawshank Redemption were amazing and I rewatched the movies and loved them again too. 5y

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