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Human lost 1degree celsius of bodytemp in the last century.

Base metabolic rate dropped 10% in the last 30 years.

Modern diet are triggering torpor mechanism in human, blocking them into turning sugar to heat (thermogenesis), forcing them to store it into fat.

An american aged 20 in 1970 would have 5 times more chance to be obese in 2000 compared to a french or swiss of same age, while consumming on average 500calories less per day which represents a deficit bigger than 7millions calories over 30 years.




The actual temperature delta is more like 0.3°C for two people born a century apart: https://elifesciences.org/articles/49555




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