If somebody eats one pound of apples or one pound of donuts, wouldn't they gain one pound either way?

Answer 1

No. First of all, a pound of apples and a pound of donuts contain a different amount of energy (calories). A pound of donuts would contain significantly more calories than a pound of apples, and so eating a pound of donuts means there's a higher chance that excess calories your body didn't need would be stored as fat. Secondly, donuts digest much faster than apples - they're what's known as high glycemic foods, which cause your body to secrete insulin in very high amounts. Insulin is essentially a storage hormone; excess insulin states basically sends your body a message to store fat. So, you'll get fat faster by eating donuts than eating apples.

Answer 2

Apples have a lot more water in them than donuts do. Also, the makeup of apples is a lot easier to convert to energy.

Yeah, you would gain a pound right after you eat them. Because you've put a pound of material in your body. But the weight from the apples will pass through your body and generally be easier to burn off. The weight from the donuts is more likely to stick around.

Answer 3

It's about calorie density, a lot of apples weight is in fiber and a more complex sugar than is found in donuts. A donut is pure starch, sugar, and fat.

Answer 4

no with the donuts the sugar will turn to fat and stay in the body

Answer 5

lol no!
the nutritional value of apples and donuts are COMPLETELY different!