> Every calorie ingested needs to be accounted for, either through work, waste, or storage.
What people are arguing on here is that, depending on the type of food - for a given amount of work - will the remaining calories be converted to storage or waste ?
You can loose weight with a higher calories intake, even if your work stays the same, as long as your waste grows comparatively higher.
And their point is that, in that sense, there is a difference according to the type of food and the individual. Finding an efficient weight loss diet means finding a type of food that you enjoy eating, and gives a high satiety feeling and has a low storage/waste ratio. It's not always easy.
> You can loose weight with a higher calories intake, even if your work stays the same, as long as your waste grows comparatively higher.
This is what is typically known as bulimia.
There is some difference, but not enough to matter. That's the point. You aren't a "lion", "bear", "lizard" or whatever animal. You aren't an "endomorph" or "ectomorph". Your metabolism isn't that much better or worse than anyone else's.
Watch your intake and everything else falls into place.
Now, whether they are burned or passed is another story.
But your body will never store a calorie when it needs to burn and it will never burn when it should store.
Every calorie ingested needs to be accounted for, either through work, waste, or storage.