Burn · What Did They Read?

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Lessons from 3 Nutrition Books Worth Reading

The Consistency Project, 16 September 2026. The book comes up at 44 min 21 sec in.

EC briefly references Herman Pontzer's "Burn" while explaining why exercise supports nutrition goals beyond calorie burning: she cites the book's finding that sedentary people tend to have their appetite dysregulated relative to their caloric intake.

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